- 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
You can picture him slinking off to a goth club to sway and stare away the night to the strains of Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 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
In my distress, I barely took note of Mr. Whiskers slinking along the ground.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
