slunk

[ sluhngk ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and the past participle of slink.

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How to use slunk in a sentence

  • The dog slunk away along the road to a distance of two or three yards.

    Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. Matthews
  • At this the herd slunk away slowly and the beaten elephant was seen no more.

    Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
  • The crowd slunk back, cursing and threatening under breath; but no man wished to come to an issue with his betters.

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • I slunk along another piece further, then listened again; and so on, and so on.

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • His groping had found no loose object to fling after her as she slunk out the door, and that made his temper worse.

    The Envoy, Her | Horace Brown Fyfe

British Dictionary definitions for slunk

slunk

/ (slʌŋk) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of slink

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