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verba simple past tense and the past participle of slink. Words nearby slunkslump, slumpflation, slump test, slung, slung shot, slunk, slur, slurb, slurp, slurry, slurve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slunkWilliams 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 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
"I'se warrant he's do that, doctor," and in slunk the faithful beast. Rab and His Friends and Other Papers|John Brown The tiger wavered for an instant, then, quailing before his eye, he slunk behind a bush. A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India|Charles Acland I slunk away in despair, and curled myself up in my bed that night, the most miserable boy in Low Heath. Tom, Dick and Harry|Talbot Baines Reed My late captor, without a word, slunk after him, seeing that the battle was won. The Club of Queer Trades|G. K. Chesterton Crouching down he slunk back to the camp, and reported what he had seen. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville|Washington Irving
British Dictionary definitions for slunk
verbthe past tense and past participle of slink Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slunkskulk, slither, lurk, undulate, skitter, prowl, sidle, sneak, meander, pussyfoot, glide, cower, glissade, slick, coast, slide, snake, slip, shirk, steal |