skulk

Example Sentences

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In one case, someone at Pepperdine University described a person resembling him skulking around the Malibu campus two or three weeks before the shooting.

From Los Angeles Times

It would be not be creepy of me to skulk across his lawn and slip through the open back gate at nightfall.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps some smaller carnivores skulk around the top predators to feed off their scraps.

From Salon

Rather than skulking out the door, O’Keefe worked hard with newcomers to provide an excellent turnover, then hired a bagpiper — who learned to play something approximating “Anchors Aweigh.”

From Washington Post

Either way, the battered caterpillar would usually skulk away in defeat, freeing up the milkweed for the voracious victor.

From New York Times