skulking

Example Sentences

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“We call it skunking, right behind the scenes, just really figuring things out,” said Matthews, as colleagues scrawled ideas for the crispy cheese taco on a white board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

That's how Anderson closed out Murray, skunking the third-best player in the world in the decider.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2015

A near skunking in a chanterelle patch had nevertheless led to a beautiful pick elsewhere—a pick that was just getting going and would go strong for a couple of weeks at least.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013

But the excuses he has concocted for this year’s skunking won’t survive further defeats.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2012

"In this case it was girl—three men, the third skunking it," I answered in words as coarse and as forcible as the scene I had just witnessed.

From The Heart's Kingdom by Daviess, Maria Thompson