He was trying to slink into the house.
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Slink
/slɪŋk/
Synonyms for "slink" (143 found)
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10 entriescovert gaitfurtive movementfurtive retreatshadowed exitslink appearanceslink behaviorslink gaitslink movementslink posturestealthy movement
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As we do turn our backs From our companion thrown into his grave, So his familiars to his buried fortunes Slink all away, leave their false vows with him, Like empty purses pick’d; and his poor self, A dedicated beggar to the air, With his disease of all-shunn’d poverty, Walks, like contempt, alone.
Source: wiktionary
Back to the thicket slunk the guilty serpent.
Source: wiktionary
The leaving us was just a feint; / Back here to London did he slink, / And now works on without a wink / Of sleep, and we are on the brink
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