Slinking
[slɪŋkɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slink
Typist: Lucinda
Examples
- His movements were graceful, yet curiously abject, slinking. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He had a strange furtive pride and slinking singleness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr Merdle was slinking about the hearthrug, waiting to welcome Mrs Sparkler. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A man came slinking along, went into the hut, gave a cry as if he had seen a ghost, and legged it as hard as he could run until he was out of sight. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So secretive and active and anxious the young woman seemed, so reluctant, slinking, the young man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They had a peculiar way of doggedly slinking round the corner, as if they were eternally going to the pawnbroker's. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They had started from slinking men, whistling and signing to one another at bye corners, or running away at full speed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As the time so passed, this slinking business became a more and more precarious one. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Lucinda