skulk
verb (used without object)
to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.
skulks
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present tense formof skulk (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Then Connor skulks in to query Mencken on the ambassadorship he was expecting.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
The lens skulks like a voyeur and does what it can to frazzle us, too.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2022
On the other hand, once Sessions skulks back to Alabama, Kate McKinnon will have no further reason to play him on Saturday Night Live, which will probably be good for his reputation.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2018
A slumped young man in a gray hoodie skulks through the double doors and collapses into a chair across the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2016
A thin beak-nosed man who skulks outside the telegraph office, whittling little wooden boxes.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
