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

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

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

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023

I wait until the three of them return to Owen’s room to tear it apart again, then skulk out the back door.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

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

He skulks out, hands tucked under his armpits.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Defector Brooks Koepka skulked back to the PGA Tour, accepting penalties for going astray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

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

On his first day, as he skulked around the corridors, trying to avoid being recognised, John Holmes, the head of security, walked straight past him.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2020

At Other, though, I skulked, soaking up the sounds but keeping resolutely shtum, staying for ages then leaving with just freesheets and flyers, usually.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2020

They skulked in an empty chamber off the entrance hall, listening, until they were sure it was deserted.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

It helped shift my attention to the supporting cast: Shioli Kutsuna and Aoi Yamada make a playful tag team as two slippery helpers skulking around the margins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

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

Alinejad told The Associated Press at the time that authorities told her the man was looking for her, and that a home security video had caught him skulking outside her front door.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

Snowball was known to be still skulking on Pinchfield Farm.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell