skulk

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

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

Looking like a cross between Crispin Glover and PJ Harvey, the perpetually hunched-over, often furrow-browed Tito skulks around in fear with a red emergency whistle around his neck.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 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

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

A thin beak-nosed man who skulks outside the telegraph office, whittling little wooden boxes.

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

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

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

Unferth, alone, ignored, skulked under the great throne.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye

“We think there’s an ICE agent,” someone told her, pointing toward an unmarked car skulking in the parking lot.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

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

As soon as he was outside, the BFG set off across the great hot yellow wasteland where the blue rocks lay and the dead trees stood and where all the other giants were skulking about.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl