Slunk
[slʌŋk]
Definition
(imp.) of Slink
(p. p.) of Slink
(-) imp. & p. p. of Slink.
Typed by Carolyn
Definition
shrivelled.
Checked by Dolores
Examples
- On, on they came until Kerchak himself slunk stealthily to the very door and peered within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Do you think I would leave her alone to face the music while I slunk away? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His yellow face turned to a more deadly colour when he saw the Captain, and he slunk back guiltily into the inmost parlour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He slunk away with a livid face and two venomous eyes which uttered more threats than his tongue could do. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- So Boucher slunk back again to his house. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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