slink
verb (used without object)
to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
is slinking
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present progressiveof slink (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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An Amur leopard - "the world's rarest big cat" - is slinking around his new enclosure after arriving at Dartmoor Zoo.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023
Trump is spending his days on the golf course; Mike Pence is slinking off for some R&R at the Florida seashore.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2020
Regardless, because your husband is slinking away from this, I agree with him that you should express yourself now.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2015
There isn’t a single factoid suggesting Dwight D. Eisenhower was part of a Communist conspiracy, nor is there proof that Elvis Presley today is slinking through the back streets of Steubenville, Ohio.
From BusinessWeek ● May 1, 2011
He is the true culprit in all this, Charles, and he is slinking out of it, and will get off scot-free.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
