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 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 Rhys gets to play Mayor Tom’s traumatic reactions to being stalked by a Sea Hag to great effect both comedically and horrifically. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
  1. chased
  2. strutted
  3. hunted
  4. strode
  5. pranced
  6. sashayed
  7. swaggered
Verb
  • The Brewers regained a two-run lead in the sixth on David Hamilton’s RBI single that chased Bradford, who gave up nine hits and three runs in 5 2/3 innings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Dodgers loaded the bases again in the eighth but came up empty when Muncy chased a splitter out of the strike zone on the ninth-pitch of his at-bat against reliever Didier Fuentes.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • Just last week, Minnesota strolled into San Francisco, delivered a clinical beatdown and strutted off the floor like brash royalty, reminding the peasants of their place.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this month, Andrew and Tristan Tate strutted around Washington as MAGA royalty.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of strutted
Verb
  • This time they're being hunted simultaneously by government forces led by Chiwetel Ejiofor's Rex Strickland and a monstrous Xenophage sent by symbiote god Knull, voiced/performed by Andy Serkis.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The menu is just about everything that can be grown or hunted on property, considering Vermejo's remoteness.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunted
Verb
  • In April 2025, Kennedy strode onto an HHS stage to announce deals with food makers.
    — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Trump strode into office for a second term vowing to avoid lengthy and expensive military entanglements.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 Aug. 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
  • 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
Definition of swaggered

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“Stalked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalked. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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