slink
verb (used without object)
to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
has slunk
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present perfectof slink (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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Similarly ether has slunk back down to straddle $2,500.
From Reuters ● Mar. 15, 2022
Now that Google I/O is a wrap, it seems the rest of the tech industry has slunk into the rafters hoping to avoid comparison.
From The Verge ● May 23, 2016
He has slunk off in the night to escape court-martial, but we will find him.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
Let us never shrink from looking error in the face, for fear that, after she has slunk away abashed, some insoluble mystery may remain behind.
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton
Oh, she has slunk away to some of her friends.
From The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts by John Todhunter
