slink

Kantenga laughed when I posed it to him, saying his usual gut reaction to the question is to slink away like the meme of Homer Simpson retreating into the bushes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

But each time the net seemed to be closing in on Neukgu, he would slink off the radar.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

We walk out onto Grand Avenue or slink into the garage and drive away, afraid to see what is before our eyes — our society in the manner of its operation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025

A national punchline, Garvey was forced to slink out of the limelight.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

I tried to slowly slink off the pillow, move farther away from Max, and then .

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

He slinks along a wall, scales a cliff, navigates drain pipes and leaps up and down from his preferred perch—behind the left shoulder of Din Djarin, aka the Mandalorian warrior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

As he slinks off, Royal says that the past six days have been the best of his life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Tara just slinks away into a depressive state that barely anyone notices.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

Snoopy slinks on all fours across a shadowy tree-lined road, made pink by the fiery red setting sun.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023

“I’ll be fine,” she says, dropping a pile of black T-shirts in the bag and standing there with folded arms until he slinks out.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

First the buttons: thack-thack; then the lever: slank.

From Time Magazine Archive

German carp slank into his yard, began to feed upon the carrots, the asparagus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ten minutes later Hank put up his hand and slank in behind a thick mass of underwood.

From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

In an evil hour for his own chances Joe Harley chose that worse counsel, and slank off in his familiar crouching fashion towards the opposite corner of the copse.

From Strange Stories by Grant Allen

Gosh, he gave them a talking to, and they slank away.

From Living Alone by Stella Benson

Afterward, with the help of remaining friends, he slunk off to the U.S. in 1876, where he taught in Massachusetts for a while, then took up as a freelance newspaper writer in Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Naomi, held on a leash by student Trinity Astilla, was the picture of lithe, feline elegance as she slunk around a dusty enclosure, briefly hopping atop her crate — but not into it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

Hudson was right that, in the three years since New York magazine's cover story caused so much controversy, nepo babies haven't slunk off into the background.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

This is what first slunk out of Paul’s imagination: “A man dressed as a bat sitting in a hot tub full of mashed potatoes.”

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2025

I slunk away, not even finding a voice to say I was sorry.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

The hush-hush raves that require knowing someone and slinking into condemned warehouses have always happened alongside parties thrown by big-name promoters.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025

Here, mountain lions mostly hide during the day but come out at night, caught on doorbell cameras’ video slinking into backyards and hopping fences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025

Undulating hills slinking off into the misty nothingness of the horizon.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2024

Arthur, coming behind her sheepishly, moved past her and, almost slinking, settled in a chair by the fire.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson