skulk

So what if an NFL prospect turned LSU player has to skulk back to the Cleveland Browns?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

You could skulk back to the Other Place.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

She has to do her work at night and skulk around in the darkness.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023

“Go to the sixth floor” and these creepy guys would skulk in and look at your feet in the shoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

“It was your duty to bring her here into our care. Instead, you chose to skulk in a mountain cave—though how a woman of your intelligence hoped to remain hidden is a mystery to me.”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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

On the other hand, once Sessions skulks back to Alabama, Kate McKinnon will have no further reason to play him on Saturday Night Live, which will probably be good for his reputation.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2018

A slumped young man in a gray hoodie skulks through the double doors and collapses into a chair across the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2016

Mostly, it provides a stage for Ms. Bullock, who at first comically skulks about wearing an aggrieved grimace, a smart coat and Didion-esque sunglasses.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2015

I push back my chair so suddenly that Boomer startles and skulks away upstairs.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

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

He skulked over to the back of the room with his plate in a skit designed to highlight the absurdities of such a hierarchy today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2019

I skulked over to a nearby bench and sat down, letting out a deep sigh that echoed in the vast waiting area.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

A few months before, Polumiskov said he had seen P-22 skulking through the same parking lot before running off.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024

The main way I die is at the hands of the simulated antagonist, who is skulking somewhere in the ductwork.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023

On the island, it is easy to imagine yokai skulking just beyond the eye’s reach.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023

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

She watched Pet out of the corner of her eye, the way it was skulking around Hibiscus, only a few yards out, sniffing, watching, gauging its prey.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi