stalked

verb

past tense of stalk
1
as in chased
to seek out (game) for food or sport lions stalking gazelles on the plains

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2
as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements the irate customer stalked off in a huff

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Recent Examples of stalked In the 1980s, French intelligence stalked American technology firms. — David S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 The final sequence bookends the first with River, Sid, and Coe once again being stalked by the assassins but this time getting the worst of it. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 Angry about a yearslong lawsuit, the doctor had threatened Cozzi in a restroom and stalked him outside his home, prosecutors said. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The Sacramento woman was killed last Tuesday by a man who had stalked her for months, according to authorities. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Thakur had reported being stalked by Rohit Rohit, 22, since January and had taken out a restraining order against him in May, authorities said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Masked men staked out his home and stalked his wife on the street. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 The feds’ case alleged that Mangione had stalked the executive for weeks and laid out plans to kill him in a manifesto that lamented greed in the health insurance industry at the expense of everyday Americans’ well-being. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026 Cepo stalked from the center and staggered Urbina with an overhand right, then pinned him to the fence and punched wildly. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
  1. chased
  2. strutted
  3. hunted
  4. strode
  5. pranced
  6. sashayed
  7. swaggered
Verb
  • She has just been released from rehab after falling off the wagon and spends much of her day either sleeping or recovering from bad dreams of being chased by Nazis.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer's two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton's RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • The actress strutted about the Big Apple in two graphic t-shirts accompanied with high-end footwear that helped elevate the otherwise relaxed attire.
    — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Skubal strutted off the mound, hit the palm of his glove twice, and slapped hands with catcher Will Smith.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of strutted
Verb
  • The third installment pivots slightly, focusing more on the experiences of Debra, who is haunted and hunted in the same way as her cousin, Jenny.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The spears mostly give us information about how Neanderthals hunted.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of hunted
Verb
  • As the book shows, into that incredibly fertile downtown atmosphere strode an artist determined to become himself.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Heath jumped out of his skin, composed himself, strode over, grabbed my face in his hands and planted one right on me.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of strode
Verb
  • As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Definition of pranced
Verb
  • At last Sun Ra sashayed onstage.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko and troupe member Marcquet Hill sashayed their way onto Tuesday's episode of the long-running CBS soap as a couple of hip-thrusting bachelorette party dancers.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of sashayed
Verb
  • Jeezy, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Swizz Beatz, Rihanna (who briefly out-swaggered Jay), Pharrell, and Beyoncé, backed by the Mayyas, a Lebanese dance group.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In San Ángel, those men swaggered around town, smoking marijuana and blasting banda music from their flashy trucks.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of swaggered

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