skulk
verb (used without object)
to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.
is skulking
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present progressiveof skulk (3rd person singular).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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The main way I die is at the hands of the simulated antagonist, who is skulking somewhere in the ductwork.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023
And of course it’s never a good sign when Elias Koteas is skulking about.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2011
Chronos is skulking among the lions, holding his camera close to the faces of the sleeping male and female, taking pictures.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2010
Yen is taking his ease in Japanese Dairen; Feng is skulking in Honan with only 50,000 troops.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of us kind of think he's a runaway—got into some scrape or another, maybe, and is skulking around here to keep out of jail.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
