stalk

Example Sentences

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The guys realize they’re in a different era primarily through shifts in 21st-century culture: Bill Cosby is beloved, cinema audiences laugh freely at gay jokes, teenage goths stalk the streets of Toronto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

As the growing season progresses, the plant puffs itself into a roughly spherical shape, until the first frosts, when it snaps off its stalk and waits to be blown across the landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

And for us, those quiet moments — watching bears stalk the shallows or eagles swoop low over the water — made it all more than worth it.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

“My office is committed to aggressively prosecuting those who stalk and terrorize others, ensuring they are held accountable.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

But every now and then, I longed to search for a tender stalk of arrowroot, to feel the tease of a mango, just out of reach.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate