slinks

VERB

creep by

Synonyms

WEAK

coast cower glide glissade go stealthily gumshoe lurk meander pass quietly prowl pussyfoot shirk sidle skitter skulk slick slide slip snake sneak steal undulate

VERB

creep by

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lurk meander prowl sidle skitter skulk slither sneak undulate

STRONG

coast cower glide glissade mooch pussyfoot shirk slick slide slip snake steal

WEAK

go stealthily gumshoe pass quietly

Example Sentences

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And shrieks of awful frenzy fill the air— "We sink! we sink!" but lo! the aid so near Slinks like a recreant coward out of sight.

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

AS under cover of departing Day Slinks the defeated Duffer on his way, Once more within the Maker’s house alone I stood, surrounded by the Tools of Play.

From The Golfer's Rubaiyat by Boynton, Henry Walcott

Hydarnes, with the footstep of a thief, Slinks with his traitor where the shadows lie.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various