The house was right down at the bottom of the street, and I moved like a ghost from lamp to lamp, tiptoeing for some reason, as if I were in a jungle in dread of attracting the attention of wild animals prowling near me.

She said the tape showed the animal prowling the garage in a rather purposeful fashion.

The burglars could see the animal prowling the fence in the backyard.

In other circumstances he would have passed it up as an animal prowling the night.

The images depicted scenes from the natural world, animals prowling through forest grasses, birds perched in trees, horsemen in pursuit of mountain cats, serene landscapes with waterfalls and views of distant, snowcapped mountains; images filled with life that surpassed anything created by COLUMBUS.

The dismal hoot of an owl nearby, the stealthy steps of some soft-footed animal prowling round the thicket, and the mournful sough of the wind in the treetops kept him awake for hours, but at last he fell asleep.

Her poems, like many of the patients' work, are filled with images of freedom, of animals prowling, of birds flying.

She could hear big animals prowling, and was terrified.

(Ages 10 and up) When you think about it, the Stone Age is perfect terrain for children's fiction: there are plenty of exotically nasty animals prowling around, human relationships are fairly easy to decipher and even the most routine goings-on are the stuff of sweaty, dangerous adventure.

They thought they saw the dark forms of some wild animals prowling round the camp among the bushes, but the night passed without incident, and the next day, the 31st of October, at five o'clock in the morning, all were on foot, ready for a start.