skulk

Now they’re being told to skulk back to their old, haunted past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Each of these resorts has an undersea restaurant, where travelers can sip sparkling wine and eat crab and caviar as Rainbowfish flit by, and Blacktip sharks skulk in the distance.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

You could skulk back to the Other Place.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

Late winter sunlight casts long shadows from workers crossing the parking lot, where stray cats skulk among the cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

I thought, watching the fellow skulk through the grass like he might be stalking a pheasant or something.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

The occasional car skulks by on the leafy street outside.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2019

A loaded orphan who lives in a giant keep above a mining town, Robin spends his time dressing up as a thief and perfecting his “Assassin’s Creed” cosplay as he skulks around the local barns.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2018

On the other hand, once Sessions skulks back to Alabama, Kate McKinnon will have no further reason to play him on Saturday Night Live, which will probably be good for his reputation.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2018

A slumped young man in a gray hoodie skulks through the double doors and collapses into a chair across the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2016

I push back my chair so suddenly that Boomer startles and skulks away upstairs.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Defector Brooks Koepka skulked back to the PGA Tour, accepting penalties for going astray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

They were MTV staples for grimy videos like “Breathe” and “Firestarter,” where the dual-mohawked singer/dancer Keith Flint skulked around an empty subway tunnel, sneering in kohl eyeliner and an American flag sweater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

Unlike earlier generations of royals who skulked in and out of the hospital alone, Charles left his recent treatment with Camilla by his side, providing the support most people would expect from their spouses.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

An apparently unhappy Suarez skulked about in a couple of friendlies, but ultimately stayed at Liverpool, rather than submit a formal transfer request to up Arsenal's ante.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023

Ghosts skulked around the edges of the courtyard, apparently intimidated by the Athena Parthenos.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“We think there’s an ICE agent,” someone told her, pointing toward an unmarked car skulking in the parking lot.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

The intensity of the Xenomorph’s barbarism really begins in Episode 2, which places the skulking creature in more action-heavy sequences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025

On the island, it is easy to imagine yokai skulking just beyond the eye’s reach.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023

The ending is a page turner as Wels describes Garfield’s last days alive, oblivious to Guiteau skulking in the shadows.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023

It would be nice to have his own little piggies skulking about in the bushes.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman