skulking

Example Sentences

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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

Because “The Laughter” is not just any book from such a perspective — it’s a no-holds-barred comic achievement that lambastes the power structures keeping men like Oliver skulking the halls of academe.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 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

But Frau Elena watches the boys with wary eyes: not so long ago they were feral toddlers skulking in their cots and crying for their mothers.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr