skulking

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Skulking behind the pillars of a public building on the main square of Ravenna was one Loopoldo Missiroli, Communist, eying the passersby.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Me? What are you doing? Skulking around in the wee hours, bungling the staircase so as not to be heard.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Skulking along the fence trying to whistle her out like a puppy.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Skulking from igloo to igloo, Johnny came at last to the one he sought.

From Triple Spies by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)

Skulking cats were flushed there, and sent flying over aristocratic bones, but there was no trace of Bobby.

From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse