stalked

past tense of stalk

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stalked 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 Kohberger may have stalked his female victims After the slayings, one of the victims’ roommates Dylan Mortensen told the Moscow Police Department that Goncalves thought she was being followed in the weeks before she was murdered. Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 If you are being stalked and closely followed by a bear, the attack that may follow is not defensive, the National Park Service said. Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026 Also this week, a judge determined that Mortensen’s roommate, Cru Eaton, has stalked Paul, which formed the basis of an injunction against him. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026 According to prosecutors, a group of gunmen later tracked Bowman to Los Angeles in 2022, then stalked and ambushed him at a gas station near the Beverly Center, firing at least 18 rounds from multiple weapons, including a machine gun. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026 Chicago was eyed as the next Seattle, and nearly every garage band with an amp was being stalked and scouted. Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 8 July 2026 Wiener said the same individual had stalked him on a plane and in an airport in December 2023. Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 Mimicking the memes that have stalked Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti through this tournament, which make fun of his reluctance to pick young striker Endrick, thousands of German social-media users have done the same with Nagelsmann and Undav. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
Verb
  • There were two on with two outs in the sixth when an RBI single by Peña cut the lead to 3-1 and chased Bieber.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Griffin Conine and Heriberto Hernandez worked walks to open the frame before Marsee chased Senga with a two-run double to right.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Earlier this month, Andrew and Tristan Tate strutted around Washington as MAGA royalty.
    Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
  • Later, after 7 1/3 innings of dominant baseball, Skubal strutted off the field to an even louder standing ovation.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • In that massacre, Black South Carolinians were systematically hunted throughout their community over an alleged attack on a white elderly woman, which was later proved false.
    Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
  • Marmots, woodland creatures whose raw viscera are believed by Siberians to have medicinal properties, are not infrequently hunted by poachers and sold at wet markets.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • Enzo Maresca strode into the Manchester City press auditorium five minutes early, addressed the room and took off his jacket.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Prosecutor Joel Seidemann strode briskly up the length of the courtroom’s center aisle with an accordion file under one arm and a line of eight younger colleagues rushing to keep up.
    Laura Italiano, NBC news, 20 July 2026
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
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
Verb
  • Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Stalked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalked. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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