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

Although the shadow of Southern slavery stalked California, some people managed to find freedom in those early years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

This monster child stalked me for a month before I found a logic to banish her: that I was likely insane.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover