Thesaurus results for SLINKED

slunk

verb

variants also slinked

Definition of slunk

past tense of slink

as in sneaked

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 The man accepted defeat and slunk off, slurping, toward the Boulevard du Temple. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 The doubts that surrounded this team have slunk away, one by one, replaced by reasons for optimism. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026 That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026 The swish of chainmail coming down the runway was audible, as models slinked down the catwalk decked in statement pelts and belts. — Anika Reed, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026 From there, two of the thieves slinked up the ladder to smash a window that leads to the Galerie d’Apollon on the museum’s second floor. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025

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Somewhere in New York, Chinese spies snuck in too-thick ballot paper.

— Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Boise State snuck into the final spot of the rankings with an overall record of 7-1 and an unblemished 4-0 record in Pac-12 play.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of sneaked

Verb

In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, on the morning of March 11, 2013, something lurked just below the surface of a young Afghan man, a boy, really.

— Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Like fossils of prehistoric life, the evidence of all these past relationships lurked in the debris of our Connecticut household.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of lurked

Verb

Shoes are slipped off in corridors before entering the suites, which have simple Japanese names such as Washi (paper), Ishi (stone) and Take (bamboo).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Nvidia, which makes the chips for most of these AI data center projects, slipped just over 1%.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of slipped

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