slunk

[ sluhngk ]

/ slʌŋk /

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verb

a simple past tense and the past participle of slink.

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How to use slunk in a sentence

Williams could have slunk off into the shadows in shame, which no doubt many people at the time expected her to do.
Miss America Hypocrisy: The Vanessa Williams Nude Photo Shaming|Amanda Marcotte|July 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With that the room filled with laughter, and the old man who mocked adult cinema slunk away.
James Deen: My Experience Making ‘The Canyons’|James Deen|February 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
By sharp contrast, the main contenders in the Labour leadership race have slunk away from the Blair memoir and its prescriptions.
The War Over Blair’s Memoir|Peter Hoskin|September 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Dubya, meanwhile, slunk out of Washington with an approval rating of 22 percent, the least popular president in 70 years.
Revenge of the Bushies|Samuel P. Jacobs|August 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST

After all that, most would have slunk away for a few months to recuperate on some island somewhere.
Why Hillary Lashed Out|Tina Brown|August 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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

the past tense and past participle of slink

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