- present participle of slink.
slinking
Example Sentences
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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
Once, coming down the hillside, I was stopped by a family of coyotes slinking across the trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
K-Ming Chang’s taut novella “Cecilia” explores the intensity of desire by slinking along the razor-thin line between love and obsession, between the desire to cuddle someone or consume them.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
But Harry had just seen — slinking toward them, his body low to the ground, wide yellow eyes glinting eerily in the darkness — Crookshanks.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
