prowler

Example Sentences

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We had a costume designer very quickly build this prowler costume.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

A grand jury exonerated her of murder, accepting her explanation that she’d mistaken Billy for a prowler who had been frequenting the area, sometimes raiding homeowners’ fridges.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022

The prowler was dressed in sneakers, pants, a jacket and a baseball cap turned backward.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

During the incident, Troyer, who is white, said he mistook the carrier, 24-year-old Sedrick Altheimer, for a prowler and called a police-only emergency dispatch hotline to report that Altheimer was threatening to kill him.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021

He tried to think of what animal, what night prowler, she reminded him.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck