Hunt stealthily

Usage examples of prowl.

He nearly got up, then, to prowl the terrace and see if any of his bonsai had begun to wilt, so that he would know which ones to tend to first .

Maybe I was imagining things, but I thought the horological demon sounded slightly worried at having me awake and prowling around at that hour.

For a moment it seemed something massively alien ground against his body like a prowling dragon.

So long as the wispy aerial plankton that fed him continued to drift up from the lands below, he prowled his thin niche untroubled.

And you prowl the back roads of America in your flying saucer, mutilating cows and performing proctologies on rednecks.

After the night meal Ric and two other greenbacks were picked by a prowling Flame for a special job unloading a cargo from a ship that had just landed on the roof.

He wore it for a variety of reasons-because it helped to ward off prowling females, because it was habitual, because every time he looked at it he still felt the sting of grief and guilt.

When Mitch came back downstairs, Megan was prowling around his living room restlessly.

Mitch said, prowling the room with his hands in his pockets, his head down, brow furrowed.

After a few minutes we found him prowling catlike down one of the corridors.

Nearly all of his digits boasted a shiny bauble, and his teeth gleamed when he smiled, giving him the uneasy appearance of a prowling wolf.

There would probably be a night watchman prowling on the first floor, hovering near the entranceway, and waiting for daylight and relief.

Amen through his dream, but it was like prowling through an abandoned house, empty even of furniture.

He opened it and sipped the tender delicacy from the container, while curiosity sent him prowling through the rooms.

Their destinations were the same as when they had driven regular daily routes for human passengers: salesmen calling on regular customers, inspectors making their rounds, taxis prowling their assigned service areas.