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Another word for skulk

Verb

  1. To move silently and furtively

    2. See also:

    move

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Another word for skulk

Verb
    2. See also:

    sneak

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Sentence Examples

  • At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would skulk out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed.

  • skulk off stage left at this point, but not so on the PPT.

  • skulk around the corridors of their department on the off chance of catching their tutor!

  • Time is running out for many who still skulk unwillingly in the shadows of HIV awareness.

  • The normal manner would be to skulk off stage left at this point, but not so on the PPT.

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