- 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 intensity of the Xenomorph’s barbarism really begins in Episode 2, which places the skulking creature in more action-heavy sequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
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
He had used her—her love, her craziness—and most of all he had used her skulking, bitter vengeance.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
