skulk

Each of these resorts has an undersea restaurant, where travelers can sip sparkling wine and eat crab and caviar as Rainbowfish flit by, and Blacktip sharks skulk in the distance.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton accused Findlay of deciding to "skulk at home".

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025

You could skulk back to the Other Place.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

Late winter sunlight casts long shadows from workers crossing the parking lot, where stray cats skulk among the cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

I thought, watching the fellow skulk through the grass like he might be stalking a pheasant or something.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Trey skulks around Cal, alternately spying on him and helping him with the house, then hounds him into searching for the boy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2020

Finally, the president of the United States skulks through the doors of Pudong International Airport, where tens of thousands of Chinese people are waiting for him.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2020

A loaded orphan who lives in a giant keep above a mining town, Robin spends his time dressing up as a thief and perfecting his “Assassin’s Creed” cosplay as he skulks around the local barns.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2018

“Jordskott,” the latest moody Scandinavian thriller, with yet another stoic female police officer, skulks onto Shudder.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017

He skulks out, hands tucked under his armpits.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Defector Brooks Koepka skulked back to the PGA Tour, accepting penalties for going astray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Unlike earlier generations of royals who skulked in and out of the hospital alone, Charles left his recent treatment with Camilla by his side, providing the support most people would expect from their spouses.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

An apparently unhappy Suarez skulked about in a couple of friendlies, but ultimately stayed at Liverpool, rather than submit a formal transfer request to up Arsenal's ante.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023

At Other, though, I skulked, soaking up the sounds but keeping resolutely shtum, staying for ages then leaving with just freesheets and flyers, usually.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2020

Ghosts skulked around the edges of the courtyard, apparently intimidated by the Athena Parthenos.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“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

It helped shift my attention to the supporting cast: Shioli Kutsuna and Aoi Yamada make a playful tag team as two slippery helpers skulking around the margins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

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

There’s something about skulking around while everyone else is fast asleep that you can’t put words to.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland