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Recent Examples of slinks
Hurts Like Hell is Cornfield’s twangiest album yet, thanks in large part to the pedal steel that slinks through its songs, handled like quicksilver by Adam Brisbin.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
Anne slinks off with her husband.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
Anne slinks off with her husband.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slinks
Verb
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Boston lurks close behind at +550.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Churchill Suite peers over the Ministry of Defence (where Henry VIII’s wine cellar still lurks) and was the locus of military strategising.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Ortiz sneaks field recordings and samples into these songs, too—each adding texture to the universe of her songs and evoking the wider world that exists just outside the frame of her narration.—
Marissa Lorusso,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
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But some sunlight still sneaks through Earth’s atmosphere, bends around the planet and lands on the moon.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The initial wave will be the strongest, NEXT Weather meteorologists say but will gradually get weaker overnight as the front slips to the south.—
Joseph Dames,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Talent slips to through the cracks.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Slinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slinks. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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