skulk
verb (used without object)
to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.
have skulked
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present perfectof skulk.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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He would have skulked off into anonymity or ignominy, just another failed real estate developer and speculator.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2019
You did nothing wrong, but you shouldn’t have skulked out of the park.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2014
I have skulked up there and wasted eight precious years of my life!
From John Gabriel Borkman by Archer, William
"You needn't have skulked along in the dark!"
From The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier by Sherman, V. T.
You have skulked about this 'ere house for eighteen years of your precious life, vithout doing a ha'porth of work.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
