stalked

[ stawkt ]

adjective

1. having a stalk or stem.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stalked¹

First recorded in 1725–35; stalk ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

“I stalked her,” Lavie says matter-of-factly when asked how she and Ivgy first met.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, this is how police reacted to Amanda Hess when she reported that she was being stalked on Twitter.

From The Daily Beast

That big brain we so tout today was shaped by the mammoths we hunted, by the great cats and bears that sometimes stalked us.

From The Daily Beast

It is set during the Irish Civil War, when the IRA stalked the Anglo-Irish, who responded with a mixture of fear and indignation.

From The Daily Beast

He is also a man stalked by his past, in both a literal and figurative sense.

From The Daily Beast

Strachan stalked to the prison and glancing over the prisoners called out, "Hiram Smith."

From Project Gutenberg

He stalked into the room, and giving a stiff nod with his head, took the chair offered him by the black, in dignified silence.

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He glared about through the dimness at his silent men, then stalked through the door into the cook-camp.

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He stalked through as though there was not the slightest question that the peons would allow it.

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Cattledon turned back the way she had come, and stalked along, her head in the air.

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