prowler

Generalising this point we can say that the same event can be referred to under quite disparate descriptions: the event of alerting the prowler is the same event as my flipping the light switch which is the same event as my moving of my body (or a part of my body) in a certain way.

Donald Davidson Malpas, Jeff 2009

You think the prowler is a figment of my imagination.

The Flower Man Donna Anders 1995

Two other unicorns lay on the ground, dead, and behind the prowler was the dark shape of its mate lying lifelessly in the grass.

Space Prison Tom Godwin 1947

One dim gas-jet burned there, but even in its nebulous light he perceived at once that the prowler was the bank's president.

Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

The lighted end of a cigar glowed through the darkness a moment later, and then Don saw that the prowler was his cousin Clarence.

The Boy Trapper Harry Castlemon 1878

So we're asking not only women but the community, at large, call, such as prowler calls, or peeping Toms or suspicious circumstances.

CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2004 2004

The prowler was the only unfamiliar thing, harmless and weaponless now that his scissors lay abandoned on the floor between the sisters’ beds.

Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

The prowler was the only unfamiliar thing, harmless and weaponless now that his scissors lay abandoned on the floor between the sisters’ beds.

Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

The prowler was the only unfamiliar thing, harmless and weaponless now that his scissors lay abandoned on the floor between the sisters’ beds.

Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

The prowler was the only unfamiliar thing, harmless and weaponless now that his scissors lay abandoned on the floor between the sisters’ beds.

Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011