skulk

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

It’s a classic safari moment: A lion stands over a fresh carcass while hyenas skulk at the periphery, heads low.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2024

Scary creatures slither and skulk about; some scream constantly, while others have laughs so cold I can feel it in my bones.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

From Salon ● May 22, 2023

Note the hangdog way in which he skulks out of the Roc-A-Fella Records office after going door to door and playing music for various executives, who seem to regard him as a lovable nuisance.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

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

Three Herbert scrambles and an incomplete pass later, and the Chargers were skulking off the field pointless, and the Patriots had a huge emotional lift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

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

At the foot of the first set of stairs, they spotted Mrs. Norris skulking near the top.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling