He was trying to slink into the house.
Source: tatoeba (477175)
Slink
//slɪŋk//
Synonyms for "slink" (138 found)
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Translations
26 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прокрадвам се verb (sneak about furtively)
- промъквам се verb (sneak about furtively)
Czech
4 entries- nedonošené mládě noun (the young of an animal when born prematurely)
- zmetek noun (the young of an animal when born prematurely)
- krást se verb (sneak about furtively)
- odplížit se verb (sneak about furtively)
Dutch
1 entries- sluipen verb (sneak about furtively)
Finnish
1 entries- hiipiä verb (sneak about furtively)
German
2 entries- Frühgeburt noun (the young of an animal when born prematurely)
- schleichen verb (sneak about furtively)
Italian
1 entries- sgattaiolare verb (sneak about furtively)
Māori
1 entries- whakahengi verb (sneak about furtively)
Polish
1 entries- skradać się verb (sneak about furtively)
Portuguese
1 entries- espreitar verb (sneak about furtively)
Romanian
3 entries- fofila verb (sneak about furtively)
- furișa verb (sneak about furtively)
- strecura verb (sneak about furtively)
Russian
4 entries- недоно́сок noun (the young of an animal when born prematurely)
- кра́сться verb (sneak about furtively)
- подкра́дываться verb (sneak about furtively)
- шныря́ть verb (sneak about furtively)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krasti se verb (sneak about furtively)
- šunjati se verb (sneak about furtively)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
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
Source: wiktionary
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