slunk

[sluhngk]

verb

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

slunk

/ slʌŋk /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of slink

Example Sentences

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

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Then she slunk away, disappearing into the shadows as if she had never been in the doorway at all.

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Afterward, with the help of remaining friends, he slunk off to the U.S. in 1876, where he taught in Massachusetts for a while, then took up as a freelance newspaper writer in Chicago.

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Naomi, held on a leash by student Trinity Astilla, was the picture of lithe, feline elegance as she slunk around a dusty enclosure, briefly hopping atop her crate — but not into it.

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Finally, as the moon dipped behind the trees, seven wolves slunk into the pasture.

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Related Words

• lurk 
• meander 
• prowl 
• sidle 
• skitter 
• skulk 
• slither 
• sneak 
• undulate