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Definition of Prowled
1. prowl [v] - See also: prowl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prowled
Literary usage of Prowled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1915)
"For six or seven months, then, Porter had no employment, but prowled about the
house, reading and drawing and playing the guitar. ..."
2. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper (1892)
"Yet we never saw any, although they prowled around us at night, and left their
footprints in the snow. The camp (14762 feet) was established at the eastern ..."
3. The Pioneers of New France in New England, with Contemporary Letters and by James Phinney Baxter (1894)
"were sent out, and for sometime prowled in the vicinity of the town. In August,
Thury was at Fort St. John and ..."
4. The Common Law by Robert William Chambers (1911)
""She prowled around the library, luxuriously, dipping into inviting volumes."
But at what moment in any day was she ever entirely unconscious of him? ..."
5. Wuthering Heights: A Novel by Emily Brontë (1848)
"I felt that God had forsaken the stray sheep there to its own wicked wanderings,
and an evil beast prowled between it and the fold, waiting his time to ..."
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