skulk
verb (used without object)
to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.
are skulking
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present progressiveof skulk.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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By now, dentists know by the look of them which patients are skulking in to get their first visit since the start of the pandemic over with.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022
Back on the beach, Maria Dolores is cutting a piece of ham to offer to the couple of scraggy dogs, which are skulking under the picnic table.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2013
So it was that behind that green and pleasant land, bathed in sunshine, ferocity and death are skulking underground.
From The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' by MacDonagh, Michael
The governments, State and National, want such men, and are looking for them, while they are skulking through city alleys or walking miry roads at midnight.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
“But ought we not to watch them, and insist on their telling us why they are skulking in this place?” asked Crawford.
From Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand by Kingston, William Henry Giles
