stalk

Example Sentences

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The guys realize they’re in a different era primarily through shifts in 21st-century culture: Bill Cosby is beloved, cinema audiences laugh freely at gay jokes, teenage goths stalk the streets of Toronto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

I couldn’t help but think that another fitting symbol for Italy would be a stalk of Pugliese wheat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 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

And for us, those quiet moments — watching bears stalk the shallows or eagles swoop low over the water — made it all more than worth it.

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025

But every now and then, I longed to search for a tender stalk of arrowroot, to feel the tease of a mango, just out of reach.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate