slinking

present participle of slink
as in lurking
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 slinking With the same playfulness of her makeup, Woods slicked the body of her hair in a bun on top of her head; her caramel-colored curled ends slinking around. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025 Now summer is slinking off and autumn is rushing in, cool and a little wistful. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slinking
Verb
  • Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Then, Loftin followed with an RBI single to tie the score 3-3 with the top of the lineup lurking.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Form And Function In Healthcare One of my most cherished childhood memories is sneaking into my father's study and pretending to be an architect.
    Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Ciarlo has been a beauty aficionado from her early age of sneaking into her mother's makeup drawer and smearing Joker-esque lipstick on her face.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Operationally, Applebee’s and IHOP are slipping behind competitors.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Comfort definitely improved, but performance didn’t always keep pace — there were times when traction suffered, leading to more slipping and, in my opinion, the softer spikes could leave deeper indentations on greens that sometimes-affected putting.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • In short, this is a smart gel where tiny sliding molecules act like both shock absorbers and stress indicators.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As has become tradition, the ads will reference trends and conversations in college football like the coaching hot seat, flag planting and quarterbacks sliding in the draft.
    Kristi Dosh, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Slinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slinking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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