stalk

Example Sentences

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Worse, fears of deflation now stalk the land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

This work requires stealth and sleepless nights to stalk poachers in the dark.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

With the names of his children, Betty and George, etched on his shorts, Allen started to stalk Makhmudov, with a massive body shot followed by a right uppercut landing in the fifth round.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

She picked up the abandoned grass stalk, stuck it into the same hole and pulled it out to find it covered with termites.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

Every stalk of the cut grain must always be safely in the shock before dark, for lying on the dewy ground all night would spoil it.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder