How to Use prowler in a Sentence

prowler

noun
  • Simply the sound of a barking dog can cause a prowler to change his mind.
    — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The same night the prowler showed up at my house, a car was stolen from in front of a neighbor’s home.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • The sheriff’s office said it was called over a report of a prowler.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 July 2024
  • After an incident where a prowler is caught around their house, things start to not add up in their new life.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The prowler was dressed in sneakers, pants, a jacket and a baseball cap turned backward.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • Victims described a masked prowler who slipped into homes through open windows and tied them up at gunpoint.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2020
  • A couple in Monte Nido that night reported a prowler in their backyard.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • San Diego police officers, who had already been searching for the prowler, rushed to the home.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The prowler’s image was captured on surveillance video recorded in the backyard.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Officers responded and spoke to the resident, who said the prowler had promptly fled the scene.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Massey, who had dealt with mental health issues, had called 911 to report a potential prowler.
    — Maggie Vespa, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • On July 6, Grayson responded to a report of a prowler at Massey’s home.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
  • About two hours before the fatal attack, a woman called police and reported a prowler in the apartment building.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Ring Outdoor Cam Deal Bothered by pests or prowlers on your property?
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In a three-day span last year, police responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon, a prowler, a burglary and a disturbance.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • An Illinois deputy is facing murder charges for shooting a woman in the face after responding to her call about a prowler in her home.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • Unlike web-spinning spiders, the app told me, the eastern parson spider was a hunter, a nocturnal prowler that emerged from its hiding place to stalk its prey.
    — Adam Roy, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The post came less than two weeks after TCU police warned of a nighttime prowler or prowlers in neighborhoods south of campus.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Feb. 2024
  • After midnight on July 6, Sonya Massey called 911 to report a prowler.
    — Sarah Metz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • On July 6, former deputy sheriff Sean Grayson responded to a report of a prowler at Massey’s home.
    — Brad Parks, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Officers were dispatched 12 hours after the initial incident for another prowler report at the church.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
  • Around the same time, officers were called to a series of incidents involving a prowler at Kansas City residences.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The police were not particularly interested in catching the prowler.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Hooper also said police recently started receiving calls about a possible prowler or window peeper.
    — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
  • With adrenaline surging, Biddle chased the prowler to a white Jeep parked outside, committing the full license plate number to memory.
    — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The sound of its festivities disturbs Grendel, a monstrous descendant of Cain and prowler of the fens, who launches a series of deadly nighttime attacks on the men sleeping in the hall.
    — Irina Dumitrescu, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Grayson, who was a Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy before he was fired and charged with murder, responded to a report of a prowler at Massey’s home July 6.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • In July 2024, Massey, a 36-year-old unarmed Black woman, called police for help for a possible prowler outside her home.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Massey, 36, a Black mother of two, had called authorities to her Springfield home for help with a possible prowler in July 2024.
    — Selina Guevara, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Packed with modern tech and with a large audience always looking for a sportier big-bore V-Twin, the Sport Chief could be a versatile choice; an ultimate city prowler with long enough legs and ergos for some sport touring as well.
    — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023

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