skulk

Example Sentences

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You could skulk back to the Other Place.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

It’s a classic safari moment: A lion stands over a fresh carcass while hyenas skulk at the periphery, heads low.

From National Geographic • Feb. 8, 2024

“If they’re gonna be engaged in skullduggery, you need someone that they’ve got to skulk around,” Schaffer says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

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

From Salon • Oct. 14, 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