SKULK in a Sentence
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11 example sentences for SKULK, such as:
1. I'm merely a fellow skulking in the army.
2. Snowball was known to be still skulking on Pinchfield Farm.
3. He skulks about the wharves of Joppa, and seeks a ship that's bound for Tarshish.
4. A white shaggy dog, with his face scratched and torn in twenty different places, skulked into the room.
5. He used to skulk through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.
2. Snowball was known to be still skulking on Pinchfield Farm.
3. He skulks about the wharves of Joppa, and seeks a ship that's bound for Tarshish.
4. A white shaggy dog, with his face scratched and torn in twenty different places, skulked into the room.
5. He used to skulk through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.
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Meanings and Examples of SKULK
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skulk
v. move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
Classic Sentence:
1 He might well skulk behind the settle, on beholding such a bright, graceful damsel enter the house, instead of a rough-headed counterpart of himself, as he expected.
2 Snowball was known to be still skulking on Pinchfield Farm.
3 He walked fast, hunted by his fears, chattering to himself, skulking through the less-frequented thoroughfares, counting the minutes that still divided him from midnight.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
4 I'm merely a fellow skulking in the army.
5 Avoiding, as much as was possible, all the main streets, and skulking only through the by-ways and alleys, he at length emerged on Snow Hill.
6 I have nothing more to say, Mr. Holmes, except that I was angry with my wife that night for having held me back when I might have caught the skulking rascal.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
7 There were hundreds of men skulking in the swamps and the mountains, defying the provost guard to drag them back to the army.
8 He skulks about the wharves of Joppa, and seeks a ship that's bound for Tarshish.
9 The coyote skulks among the scrub, the buzzard flaps heavily through the air, and the clumsy grizzly bear lumbers through the dark ravines, and picks up such sustenance as it can amongst the rocks.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
10 A white shaggy dog, with his face scratched and torn in twenty different places, skulked into the room.
Example Sentence:
1 He used to skulk through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.