skulk

So what if an NFL prospect turned LSU player has to skulk back to the Cleveland Browns?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

I’ve seen too many protagonists skulk down dark hallways, but McCarthy’s version of that shot is so visceral that you feel like he’s really been there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

You could skulk back to the Other Place.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

She has to do her work at night and skulk around in the darkness.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023

The memory tried to skulk into my head, but with Anna May beside me, I easily pushed it out.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Then Connor skulks in to query Mencken on the ambassadorship he was expecting.

From Salon ● May 22, 2023

Trey skulks around Cal, alternately spying on him and helping him with the house, then hounds him into searching for the boy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2020

Finally, the president of the United States skulks through the doors of Pudong International Airport, where tens of thousands of Chinese people are waiting for him.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2020

“Jordskott,” the latest moody Scandinavian thriller, with yet another stoic female police officer, skulks onto Shudder.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017

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

He thought that they’d been crouching by the side of his cot as he slept and then had skulked away on his awakening.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Still, even in a movie where people are always skulking around rifling through each other’s things, his claim that he chose a drunken late night to confront Maggie about plagiarism sounds inconceivable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

The main way I die is at the hands of the simulated antagonist, who is skulking somewhere in the ductwork.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023

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

To my surprise, Cristiana was still skulking about She sidled past and I smelled lavender.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein