- present participle of skulk.
skulking
Example Sentences
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“We think there’s an ICE agent,” someone told her, pointing toward an unmarked car skulking in the parking lot.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The ending is a page turner as Wels describes Garfield’s last days alive, oblivious to Guiteau skulking in the shadows.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
Alinejad told The Associated Press at the time that authorities told her the man was looking for her, and that a home security video had caught him skulking outside her front door.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
There is the brightly lit, well populated world of the office, and then there is the skulking realm of a woman called Itchy, dimly lit with just a single hanging lamp.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
But then some creatures came skulking around who were not helpful at all.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
