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slunk

American  
[sluhngk] / slʌŋk /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and the past participle of slink.

slunk British  
/ slʌŋk /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of slink

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So I slunk silently along in front of the houses and ducked into the alleyway beside Hugo’s house.

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As we slunk through the shadows, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were being watched.

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My voice was soft but my tone harsh, and the boy slunk away as if he’d done something wrong.

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He was ready to run, but his mother curled a finger at him and he slunk over to her.

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Exhausted and sick, he had slunk back to England to recover, to think, and to scheme.

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