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Answer for the clue "Roved about stealthily ", 7 letters:
prowled

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prowl \Prowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prowled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prowling .] [OE. prollen to search about; of uncertain origin, perh. for proglen, a dim. of prog to beg, or proke to poke. Cf. Proke .] To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: prowl )

Usage examples of prowled.

He prowled the tide pools like a small black panther, pawing the sun-warmed water and then emerging triumphantly with a bit of wildlife wriggling on his palm.

Twenty-five feet below, surf prowled and growled over rocks concealed by darkness.

Beneath his exterior calm, anger and adrenaline prowled through his veins like tigers through a hot night.

It was too soon for the street lamps to be on, but a few taxis prowled white-eyed through the streets, trying to attract fares.

Nothing in her experiences with men had prepared her for the elemental sensuality that now prowled through her on unsheathed claws.

The darkened Mercedes prowled through the misty night, visible only in the pools of illumination thrown by occasional streetlights.

Sensations pierced her as passion rose and prowled through her on unsheathed claws.

Prettyface growled, prowled the cabin several times, then curled up and went back to sleep.

Prettyface awakened, prowled the cabin briefly, and settled back into sleep once more.

Silently Archer prowled the cabin’s homey main room, touching things at random: a computer that bristled with Kyle’s Rube Goldberg additions, books on everything from international banking to five thousand years of Chinese jade, a Baroque flute, a small vase with a branch of rosemary in it, a letter opener that could slice to the bone, and a fishing lure that looked like a tiny hula skirt.

Heat shot through her, the same fire that had prowled through her all the long, restless night.

Instead, she let her voice and her words slide backward into the time when she and Cherelle prowled their rural world like healthy young animals, a time when men like this one were all too common in the girls' lives.

The office promised more privacy than the front salesroom, where high-end bargain hunters and hungry decorators prowled among the dark furniture.

The peculiar combination of his genes and the skills he'd learned as a boy in the swamps of south Georgia made him as much a part of the jungle as the jaguar that prowled the river's edge.

He prowled some more, then stopped by the window and drummed his fingers on the sill.