prowl

Many of these wealthy buyers are on the prowl for vacation homes.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The long-vacant site has become a magnet for so-called urban explorers, who prowl abandoned malls, hospitals, power plants, amusement parks, factories and any other disused structure they can breach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Singer Abigail Morris made full use of the stage to prowl around and lead the crowd into a wild sing-a-long to Nothing Matters.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

For him, the experience was similar to the feeling of waking up from a dream and wanting to go back so you can prowl around a little longer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

It inhabits deep lakes, where it will prowl the bottom in search of food, preferring water snails.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

“Everyone could do it. I like that visual — instead of the enemy tempts you, it prowls around, like a roaring lion, looking to devour. That’s actually more realistic than, like, tapping on your shoulder.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

Les Amazones, for example, is a rhythmically playful workout for the strings; while Minotaure prowls around the orchestra with sinister, tremoring bass notes from the cellos and the brass.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023

A panther prowls through tract housing, a polar bear strolls near oil rigs, a bison stands in a parking lot and a wolf trots past an interior wall papered with renderings of trees.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023

There’s been some talk of expanding the parking enforcers’ duties to include some things cops do now, like directing traffic or responding to car prowls.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022

He snarled, “Panther prowls the jungle. Panther stalks his prey. He waits, he creeps—” Beans crept across the kitchen on tiptoe.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Its waters supported giant turtles and crocodylians, while an extraordinary collection of hunters prowled the surrounding shores.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

They prowled top school districts favored by parents and looked for neighborhoods near Starbucks coffee shops, which signal disposable income.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

The performance was further heightened by the surprise appearance of tennis star Serena Williams, who performed the Crip Walk - a notorious Los Angeles dance move - as Lamar prowled the stage.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025

Smko prowled the stage to some spiky Shostakovich music, displaying an uncanny mix of intensity and naturalness.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

On the walls to either side, pale sharks prowled painted blue-green depths, whilst eels and octopods slithered amongst rocks and sunken ships.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

If agents are always prowling for reservations, human spontaneity will lose, and fewer people who have the good fortune of checking for a competitive seating at the right moment will get it.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared on the night of January 31-February 1, with recovered security camera footage showing a masked and gloved person prowling outside her home in the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

As for the red wolf, Mr. Moore writes that, in the 1930s in northeast Louisiana, a remnant tract of old-growth forest teemed with prowling panthers and massive alligators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Mick Cronin just seems to be angry all the time prowling the sidelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

Jimmy poked the roasting meat with his fingers and nudged the coals, prowling around the fire as if sizing up a grappling partner.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead