skulk
verb (used without object)
to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.
has skulked
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present perfectof skulk (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Duh: After spending an agonizing nine weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, Billie Eilish’s sleeper smash “Bad Guy” has skulked into the top spot.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2019
WikiLeaks — which has skulked around the presidential campaign all year — was at it again Sunday, disclosing still more about the grimy underside of the news.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2016
For centuries, Richard III has skulked in the shadows of the English imagination, a debased villain guilty of the worst crimes.
From Time ● Feb. 5, 2013
Of a Jourdan Coup-tete, who has skulked thitherward, from the claws of the Chatelet; and will raise whole scoundrel-regiments.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
