skulk
Example Sentences
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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
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
She has to do her work at night and skulk around in the darkness.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2023
“It was your duty to bring her here into our care. Instead, you chose to skulk in a mountain cave—though how a woman of your intelligence hoped to remain hidden is a mystery to me.”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing skulk
Animal Farm
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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