slunk
Example Sentences
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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
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
Yet by the end of her meal, she had slunk down so low her head was almost level to the table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
Keepers realised within minutes the springer spaniel-sized rodent had slunk off to an adjacent area of long grass and woodland, and began to stake it out.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
Cora slunk over to Hob, where they banished the wretched.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
