stalked

Example Sentences

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And yet for all this success, a persistent melancholy stalked the writer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Guardiola grew frustrated with City's failure to kill off Newcastle, urging his players to "keep the ball better" as he stalked the touchline.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Like prized athletes, the students describe being courted or stalked, depending upon whom you ask.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

As he stalked in during the evening, the large number of India fans chanted his name, a foreboding din.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Grandpa plopped his hat on and stalked off before I could tell him that Mama was the one crying now.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns