slunk

variants also slinked
past tense of slink
as in lurked
to move about in a sly or secret manner like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night

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Recent Examples of slunk Locksley has not posted a winning record in Big Ten play through six seasons, and his team slunk to 1-8 last season. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slunk
Verb
  • For weeks, the New York Ripper case has lurked on the periphery of the series — a boogeyman that the show kept hinting was someone in Dexter’s life.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Parasites lurked inside the fish and turned out to be a new species.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Four plays later, Hurts snuck in for the two-score lead that sealed the team’s second win.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Read about a man who has snuck into prestigious events for nearly a decade.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In commemoration of World War II, a creaky old Sherman tank crawled past half-empty bleachers, and the Korean War was honored with a short video.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • His satirical conservative anchorman then crawled out from behind the Late Show desk and basked in the corresponding cheers as the Colbert Report theme song played.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Slunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slunk. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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