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
I know all about it: You are digging the earth and throwing the earth away: I know all about it: you are skulking there scraping a hole.”
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
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
They are skulking about the post all the time.
From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe
