| 单词 | skulking |
| 例句 | Fang, who had been skulking in his basket during the burial, now came padding softly across to them and put his heavy head into Harry’s lap as usual. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She watched Pet out of the corner of her eye, the way it was skulking around Hibiscus, only a few yards out, sniffing, watching, gauging its prey. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And later on, as she watched her skinny little husband skulking around the bedroom in his purple-striped pyjamas with a pork-pie hat on his head, she thought how stupid he looked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He wrote in one of his secret notebooks “Children have an uncommon pleasure in hiding themselves & skulking about in shrubbery. When other people are about: this is analogous to young pigs hiding themselves.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had used her—her love, her craziness—and most of all he had used her skulking, bitter vengeance. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z You probably think of hyenas as skulking, cowardly scavengers, waiting for scraps left by the lions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There were still men in garishly painted demon masks skulking about the city, making mischief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It took a moment for Aru to realize that it wasn’t some dude skulking in the shadows who was talking, but the palace itself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I knew this because they were skulking in the bushes outside the detention room, making grotesque faces at me through the window. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z This didn’t stop the Irish population in general from skulking around rainbows, hoping to win the supernatural lottery. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z At an inn one night, I suspected a skulking, one-eyed man of having designs upon my purse. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "I saw no signs of any of her spies skulking after me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His fierce eye gazed out across the mighty army: black rats, brown rats, grey rats, piebald rats, skulking weasels, furtive stoats and sinuous ferrets, all gathered round, their weapons glistening and dripping with the rain. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen you skulking on the county roads in the dead of night, Miss McKeene. Do you know they call you the Angel of the Crossroads, the people you save?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I need you two as well!” he called to Ron and Hermione, who had been skulking, half concealed, in the doorway of the sitting room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There’s something about skulking around while everyone else is fast asleep that you can’t put words to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In a flash they were gone, and Roy sensed a larger presence, skulking. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Always before I have come skulking through the kitchens, dressed as a servant. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Fela slowly introduced me to the inner workings of the Archives and I spent what time I could spare skulking about, trying to dig up answers to my thousand questions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “No, I certainly will not be bringing him. Thing spends his Saturdays skulking up trees or hiding down holes.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Probably Gawaine or his men would be skulking at his heels, in case for a moment he should lay the talisman aside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Lord,’ she said, ‘if you must go, then let me ride in your following. For I am weary of skulking in the hills, and wish to face peril and battle.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But Frau Elena watches the boys with wary eyes: not so long ago they were feral toddlers skulking in their cots and crying for their mothers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “A poor lot, I’d say—skulking underground, and some of them running away in the night. I don’t fancy we’ll have much trouble.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Private investigators?” mumbled Fadi, imagining men in trench coats with magnifying glasses, skulking around for clues. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Mom led him to the front door, the two deputies skulking close behind. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The four of them silently began skulking through the crowd, with Emma leading the way. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z With dusk approaching, he couldn’t get up the nerve to venture outside—not with those deadly cottonmouths skulking around. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he was outside, the BFG set off across the great hot yellow wasteland where the blue rocks lay and the dead trees stood and where all the other giants were skulking about. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be nice to have his own little piggies skulking about in the bushes. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When she reached the top of her stairs, she found her brother skulking about in the hallway and guessed he might have overheard her conversation with Ms. Lee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z ‘If you wish to speak to us, come down! Bring out your king! We are the fighting Uruk-hai. We will fetch him from his hole, if he does not come. Bring out your skulking king!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Harry saw Fenrir, skulking, chewing his long nails; the great blond Rowle was dabbing at his bleeding lip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At the foot of the first set of stairs, they spotted Mrs. Norris skulking near the top. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z To my surprise, Cristiana was still skulking about She sidled past and I smelled lavender. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When she reached the top of her stairs, she found her brother skulking about in the hallway and guessed he might have overheard her conversation with Ms. Lee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was engulfed in the water and slowly crawled into obscurity, a beast either skulking or stalking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Early on, we see men in out-of-place fedoras skulking around the city streets, shadowing Norris. No adjustments needed for 'Bureau' 2011-03-03T14:55:00Z “Something in the Dirt” is one of those weird little surprises sometimes found skulking in the crannies of mainstream film festivals, slippery and screwy and impossible to categorize. ‘Something in the Dirt’ Review: The Truth Is Over There, by the Sofa 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Rosenthal, who until 1986 had been The Times’s top editor, wrote, “The Herald damaged journalistic self-respect by skulking around Mr. Hart’s house all night.” When a Collision Between Politics and Sex Shocked Americans 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z As the dancers increasingly strayed from their original zones — lounging in the main aisle that circles the room, disappearing and reappearing through mysterious portals — Mr. McNamara trailed them with a spotlight, a skulking director. Review: ‘Battleground,’ a Dance Battle Punctuated by a Rainbow of Limbs 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Brown is a malign presence throughout the book, a skulking, constantly aggrieved figure who abuses Houston physically and emotionally, and impregnates another woman during their courtship. Review | Robyn Crawford exposes the villains in Whitney Houston’s transcendent, tragic life 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Best friendships belong in the fabric of a couple’s shared life, not skulking off to the side. Carolyn Hax: Struggling to make room for her boyfriend’s bestie — a woman 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z This Claggart, dressed in a long black leather coat, makes his entrances by rising like the devil from below or skulking past the berths where the men are sleeping. A grim, ghostly 'Billy Budd' on British stage 2012-06-24T11:27:08Z It's this reluctance, this slight skulking, the queasiness at the very idea of putting yourself out there, that makes Baruchel such an appealing figure. Jay Baruchel: 'We're being reduced to a planet of serfs' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z There is probably a cave painting of a cat skulking away from its owner in search of a warmer fire. Claws out! Why cats are causing chaos and controversy across Britain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Cohen intones the lyrics between a skulking bass line and a liturgical overlay. The Playlist: The Weeknd, Leonard Cohen and Dirty Projectors All Want It Darker 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “Loose Change” backs him with an implied beat — no drums, lots of space — sketched by syncopated chords from a string ensemble, skulking synthesizer tones and his own imploring voice. Lizzo Conquers Self-Doubt With an ’80s Jam, and 7 More New Songs 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z “Nocturnal,” about a femme fatale with a “desolate interior,” explodes out of a skulking bass line with distorted guitar and shards of dissonant piano. New Music: Grace Woodroofe, Tim McGraw, Richard Galliano - Review 2012-01-23T23:00:11Z Even her execution is a bizarre form of theater: the headsman skulking around the platform like a mustachioed villain, the audience gasping like groundlings at each ripple of stagecraft. 'Wolf Hall' Recap: In Finale, King Henry's Masque and Anne's Little Neck 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s what makes him shy away from Rosemary’s demands that he open himself up to life, instead of skulking around trying to avoid it. Theater Review: ‘Outside Mullingar,’ by John Patrick Shanley, Opens 2014-01-24T03:00:03Z Because “The Laughter” is not just any book from such a perspective — it’s a no-holds-barred comic achievement that lambastes the power structures keeping men like Oliver skulking the halls of academe. Is It a Campus or a Powder Keg? In This Novel, It’s Both. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z For the last six festivals, the man who calls himself the Poster Menace has been skulking the streets of Auld Reekie, sneaking his creations in amidst the thousands that line the city's every surface. Noises off: The fringe finds its Banksy, and where all the money really goes 2012-08-16T10:45:22Z He’s forced to go into hiding, which means shaving off his beloved beard and skulking around Key West entirely on his own. ‘Razor Girl,’ a Tale of Kidnappers, Reality TV Stars and Dodgy Seafood 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z His colleagues are shown as being manipulated by skulking professional agitators, and to some it seemed more like a political statement than a human story about mankind in the mass crushing the individual. Bryan Forbes: British writer, actor and film director 2013-05-09T07:27:27Z David Chambers Jon Wiener replies: Readers can be assured I did indeed visit the site of the Whittaker Chambers pumpkin patch National Historical Landmark, but I didn’t go “skulking about.” Whittaker Chambers relative: Farm need not be open to public 2012-10-18T16:17:00Z Or skulking about the countryside around Westminster, Maryland. Whittaker Chambers relative: Farm need not be open to public 2012-10-18T16:17:00Z Modeling midthigh shorts at the beach is one thing; skulking around in front of the House of Blues at 9 a.m. on a Monday morning, quite another. T Magazine: A Leg Man 2011-03-10T16:00:01Z “I became a white-skinned Zippo hunter skulking down the alleys and streets of Saigon,” he writes. Antiques: Billy the Kid, Toshiko Takaezu, Mural, Vietnam War Zippos 2011-06-16T21:13:56Z Kaytranada’s production is full of shadows, with deep, skulking synthesizer bass and keyboards wafting in behind the beat, while the airy tickle in Tinashe’s voice makes clear that she’s succumbing to temptation happily. Jeff Tweedy’s Homesick Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z He's skulking around a dock in San Francisco looking for some stolen jewelry. The New Psych Movie Involves Singing, Pineapples and Fake Beards 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The thought of these two stately nerds skulking about town sometime in the early 1970s and sneaking out of, let’s just say, a revered Charleston institution, is a scenario I’m still trying to process. To Campuses Without a Compass 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z He's eager to do so because he believes "choice is power" and feels strongly that "skulking around in the shadows" is not what he wants to be doing. 'Citizenfour' a compelling look at Edward Snowden's actions 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Burton is low profile, skulking around the back of the stage on drums and occasional keyboards, as Mercer sings words of loss and dislocation in a fetching falsetto. Broken Bells | Pop review 2010-03-16T18:48:00Z Graffiti covered fences, overpasses and the walls of old factories — not just tags but poems, political diatribes and entire spray-painted works of art of buxom warrior princesses, a headless Buddha, skulking secret agents. Explorer: A Soft-Pedaled Escape From Paris 2012-09-28T19:10:44Z And in old age, she proved his point by remembering him as “a displeasing little man who was forever skulking about in doorways.” French High Society During the Belle Époque 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z He presence, so genial on TV, looked skulking on the big screen, and that wrote finis to his film career. Eddie Fisher: The Songs, the Sins, the Scandal 2010-09-24T22:35:00Z Not so fancy footwear ill suited for padding around the house or skulking for necessities around the neighborhood. They Splurged on Fancy Clothes Before Quarantine. Now What? 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z First, let’s get one thing out of the way: There are no clowns skulking around America’s neighborhoods, looking for children to abduct. Don’t fear the creeper: Those weird clowns are just a social delusion 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z The final work, “Voyages,” a seven-section travelogue by Mr. Wainrot, begins as eight men, crouching in semidarkness, writhe and undulate before skulking along on an imaginary jungle floor. Dance Review: Richmond Ballet at Joyce Theater 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z And with the sun setting well after 6 p.m. in April, rather than skulking away at 3 p.m. as it does in December, your ski clock changes, too. Forget Christmas: Ski Easter 2011-03-17T23:30:00Z For three months, we had been skulking, carrying our mixes in brown bags and trying for a combination that could pass for a tropical rum-and-cherry drink. Perspective | Giving up alcohol made our lives better — and turned us into terrible guests 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Not a drifter, not a teen-ager, not a wraith from social services skulking into the woods to shoot up. Creeping Through My Home Town (for Research!) 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z We were not skulking through the lot at The Home Depot at three o'clock in the morning, or robbing a Douglas fir from the Knights of Columbus. Southern Journal: O Christmas Tree 2011-11-08T19:20:00.797Z And of course it’s never a good sign when Elias Koteas is skulking about. | 'Dream House': ?Dream House,? With Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in - Review 2011-09-30T23:03:07Z I think it would be a delusional person who didn’t have some self-doubt skulking around in there at some point. Hollywood Jack-of-all-Trades Adam Shankman on His New YA Novel 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z It was on one of its winding paths that the narrator of Wilkie Collins's classic novel The Woman in White meets the spectral Anne Catherick skulking in the shadows. The Heath by Andy Sewell ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:16Z For New Yorkers, though, rats — skulking around their daily lives, ferreting through garbage, seemingly unpoisonable — occupy a different psychic space than they might elsewhere: the embodiment of gothic urban horror. Dinner at an Exhibition: Rat, Prepared Many Ways 2012-07-26T21:57:39Z We are the weirdos who feel most alive skulking through the darkness, secure in the illusion that we own the world for at least a few precious hours every night while everyone else slumbers. Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Without looking too hard we spotted white-tailed deer behind the trees, bright red cardinals flitting about and even a gray fox skulking by. Take Me to the (Lazy) River 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s set to a skulking bass line and percussion that wouldn’t wake the neighbors, enjoying the tease, the buildup and a nearly vanished 21st-century experience: privacy. John Coltrane’s Unearthed Live ‘A Love Supreme,’ and 12 More New Songs 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The playfully perverse vignettes include a skulking villain in a cape and a swooning ingénue. Nightshade Is Growing Like Weeds 2011-03-06T00:26:18Z I remember being a young teen, skulking in my sister's walk-in closet and reading Judy Blume's "Forever . . ." and "Tiger Eyes," thinking I wasn't supposed to read them but doing so anyway. Why you shouldn’t censor your teen’s reading (even the sex and violence) 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The playfully perverse vignettes include a skulking villain in a cape and a swooning ingenue. Edward Gorey's sensibility is growing like nightshade 2011-03-05T03:09:56Z Signs of looming change were there, but apocalypse wasn’t skulking on the horizon like a rising Arctic sun. Barry Lopez Travels to the Ends of the Earth, Seeking Glimmers of Hope 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Baker took me to see this shuttered recess, the ideal retreat for his shy, skulking imagination. Nicholson Baker 2011-08-13T23:04:05Z The Post may show Richard Nixon skulking around the Oval Office, but it’s the current incumbent who hovers in the imagination. Why The Post should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Even Optimus Prime has a giant chip on his shoulders these days, listening to Dashboard Confessional and skulking around in his American Apparel hoodie. MTV's gritty "Teen Wolf" reboot: where's the camp? 2011-03-30T19:21:00Z Jack the Ripper is skulking in the wings and Karl Marx lounges in the British Library, but onstage — as in the movie theater — the killer’s depravity is simply entertainment. Review: In ‘The Limehouse Golem,’ Bawdy Limericks and Bloody Corpses 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z He’s sardonically morbid in “My Own Version of You,” a skulking waltz with a Frankenstein-like narrator who’s scouring “morgues and monasteries” for body parts to bring someone to life. Bob Dylan Still Bristles on ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z It portrayed Black people as criminals, sex fiends and goggle-eyed fools, in skulking league with Northern carpetbaggers. A Sweeping New History Looks Back at 100 Years of Black Filmmaking 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Young Carl has his eye on the sullen preteen girl skulking around town. 'The Walking Dead' recap: A place too good to be true? 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Choreographer Denis Jones was as skilled at lending elegance to the skulking denizens of the underworld as with fashioning a wedding party dance that would kill on TikTok. Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z By now, dentists know by the look of them which patients are skulking in to get their first visit since the start of the pandemic over with. The anguish of finally returning to the dentist 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z She’s known as Cat on the street and after mostly skulking in the shadows in the pilot, this week she found herself front and center, ensnared in a human trafficking plot involving homeless kids. 'Gotham' Recap: Batman as a Goth Boy, the Butler as an Angry Young Man 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z There is the brightly lit, well populated world of the office, and then there is the skulking realm of a woman called Itchy, dimly lit with just a single hanging lamp. ‘Events’ Review: There’s Kool-Aid in the Water Cooler 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Presumably in Washington, skulking around the basement of the Capitol. The Trump campaign held a Halloween ‘Witch Hunt Party’ and tortured a metaphor to death 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z But I got there first, skulking off victorious to lie back on a sun lounger and indulge. Summer readings: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 2011-08-22T10:49:47Z It may be paradoxical to feel nostalgia for the postmodern, but Francis's Oulipian tributes capture a bygone age as much as any skulking phantom of the Gothic tradition. Muscovy by Matthew Francis – review 2013-05-10T15:59:39Z There followed decades of Garden gigs, one band after another, mostly white guys, preening or skulking under the lights at the arena’s Eighth Avenue end. Searching for Transcendence with Radiohead 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Haunting the piece is a skulking depressive who keeps turning up in different places without ever finding what she needs. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z That skulking entrance invited sneers from rivals and the opposition press. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “There was always someone skulking around with an itchy trigger finger,” Pearl says. Review | 3 novels that aim for the heart of America’s love affair with guns 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The music revisits some of her favorite devices: a slowly pulsing beat, a skulking bass line, a vaudeville bounce to the chords, a switch between whispery singing and deadpan rapping with a dismissive chuckle. Billie Eilish’s Kiss-Off, and 14 More New Songs 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z This outsize impact is even more impressive, given his penchant for skulking at the margins of the story. ‘Game of Thrones’: Aidan Gillen on Littlefinger’s Stark Obsession 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z On the island, it is easy to imagine yokai skulking just beyond the eye’s reach. A Japanese Island Where the Wild Things Are 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Alinejad told The Associated Press at the time that authorities told her the man was looking for her, and that a home security video had caught him skulking outside her front door. US charges 3 in plot to kill Iranian-American author in NYC 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z This scenario rarely generates much drama, even with the menacing Jonas skulking about and various life-threatening dangers lurking in the wildness. Review: Scandal strikes an Irish town in 'God's Creatures' 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Alinejad said Monday that authorities told her the man was looking for her, and that a home security video had caught him skulking outside her front door. Prosecutors: Armed man lurked near Iranian dissident’s home 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z On May 24, while skulking in the hallway and awaiting instructions, officers stood there, armed to the teeth and wearing ballistic vests, while the gunman was shooting. Opinion | Fire them all — all 376 officers at Uvalde 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In a letter to Biden, the family accused the State Department of a “whitewash” in issuing its conclusions and said the U.S. “has been skulking toward the erasure of any wrongdoing by Israeli forces.” News Analysis: Palestinians feel increasingly disillusioned by Biden's approach 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “Instead, the United States has been skulking toward the erasure of any wrongdoing by Israeli forces,” they said. Family of journalist killed in West Bank lashes out at Biden 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z "It made me end up being this skulking character ... pacing around the set not talking but I was having immense fun doing that." Transformations abound in new 'Thor' film 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z "I was skulking round a corner and bumped into a crew member, and there was this scream from the side of the stage, and I chuckled to myself. That was fun!" Stranger Things: I pinch myself at my luck, says actor Jamie Campbell Bower 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z It’s one of two cuts on “Honestly, Nevermind” where he deigns to rap, and it captures all his current interests, which apparently include skulking around DTLA’s after-hours raves. Playlist: The 40 best songs of 2022 so far 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Our sellers waited nearby — I had a vague idea they were skulking through Target — while their agent escorted us. Perspective | We made the biggest purchase of our lives, sight unseen 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The suspect was covered from head to toe, skulking through the dark streets of the nation’s capital before methodically placing two explosives outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees. FBI still hunting Jan. 6 suspects, pipe bomber a year later 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z For hours afterward, that skulking clarinet glissando and those thunder bolts of piano rolls rumbled through me. Opinion | Pandemic tears of joy 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z She portrayed him as someone who probably had sinister intentions, describing him as skulking around “a home drenched in absolute darkness.” Lawyers Clash Over Whether Pursuit of Arbery Was Justified 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z He is a classic American cowboy, skulking around in enormous sheepskin chaps, though he lacks the instinct for chivalry that’s sometimes a hallmark of that type. Inside Jane Campion’s Cinema of Tenderness and Brutality 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z In one case, someone at Pepperdine University described a person resembling him skulking around the Malibu campus two or three weeks before the shooting. Mass shooting suspect likely targeted Borderline bar on 'college night' because of disdain for students 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z A lot of skulking went on at Other Music, the celebrated New York record store. 'People in their 40s were crying': the sad final days of New York's coolest record store 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z European stock markets are still skulking in the red. Markets fall back as Covid-19 fears mount – business live 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z He was in Pennsylvania court Tuesday not to tell a convoluted tale of international intrigue about shadowy figures and powerful people skulking around in Ukraine. Perspective | Rudy Giuliani is a mess 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z There will be no wandering away from the question to repeat some campaign boilerplate, no ad hominem attacks, no skulking. Want to fix American politics? Start by copying 'The Great British Baking Show' 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “You don’t want the police turning up when there’s a guy skulking around outside your window at night? I would.” Review: Nick Hornby creates a couple worth cheering for 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Just then we spot a sly looper skulking close to the wall. The seaweed-eating sheep that belch in a good way 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z While it’s unclear to police why the man was skulking about the town, social media users have come up with their own theories. ‘Pantsless prowler’ lurking in North Carolina neighborhood sought by police after being caught on video 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Then he spent six weeks skulking around New York, searching for a ship that would hire him, finally finding work as a scullion on a small steamer headed across the Atlantic. The Legacy of a Radical Black Newspaperman 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Her skulking, slouching and grimacing complements a character who long ago decided her exterior should match the disgust that chokes her inside. Commentary: Why the Emmys shouldn't overlook 'Sharp Objects' ' Amy Adams 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z For three months, we had been skulking, carrying our mixes in plain brown bags and trying for a color combination that could pass for some tropical rum-and-cherry drink. Giving up alcohol made our lives better – and turned us into terrible guests 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z A leading authority on the Holocaust, she was used to “skulking in the sewers of antisemitism and genocide.” Holocaust scholar surveys rising tide of anti-Semitism 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z All those months of sulking and skulking at the far end of the pitch. Alexis Sánchez the incredible sulk comes good at his old home | Barney Ronay 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The video shows two thieves skulking around a Model S at night while it’s parked in a driveway in the UK. Watch a Tesla Model S get stolen with a key fob hack 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The yellowing pages, which smelled of dust and magic, were filled with pictures of what looked like giant gnomes, huddled around fires or skulking in caves. The night I met a troll in Stockholm 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z If you do use this technique, be prepared to settle for one of the leftover players skulking around after all the good players are taken. 7 ways to break up with your golf partner - Golf Digest 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z What was he up to, skulking around like that? The state’s first wildlife-detection dog, plus Seattle’s sports power couple | Friday Morning Brief, June 22 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The E3 trailer includes a lot of skulking around in the shadows and stabbing people. All the trailers from Square Enix at E3 2018 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z There is an extra measure of skulking and plotting, of cruelty bordering on pathology. It's an overheated ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ that Baz Luhrmann might love 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s always out there somewhere, skulking; reminding us to watch our step. I’d whisper to my student self: you are not alone 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables. Could enemies sabotage undersea cables linking the world? 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z For a time, Bitcoin was known as the currency of drug dealers and other bad actors skulking on the internet. Bitcoin Plummets More Than 30 Percent in Less Than a Day 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z And it’s on a corner surrounded by modest homes, almost assuredly occupied by people who haven’t relished the idea of alcohol-fueled reprobates skulking around where they live. Georgia editorial roundup 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z There is an extra measure of skulking and plotting and people rifling through one another's stuff, of cruelty bordering on pathology. It's an overheated ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ that Baz Luhrmann might love 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Refinery 423, for one, stocks Hoff hot sauce, golf balls in an egg carton and messenger bags with the image of a skulking bear. You’re going where? Chattanooga 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “We are living in a time when misery is just common circumstance,” Jasmyn Burke sings with a slyly jazzy tone; the band provides a deliberate, skulking shuffle and a teasing wah-wah guitar. null 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z These days, I am usually to be found skulking in second – exiled, as it were, from my inheritance – and feeling resentful. Should first-class train travel be abolished? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Only Fosters Lancett moves freely among them as the skulking lone wolf. “It’s a Summer Day” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z They reveal him at his worst, as a skulking liar. Opinion | Deepening the complexity of Richard Nixon from newly released material 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Then there was Trump, prowling the blue-carpeted stage like a predator, brooding, scowling, skulking, wagging his finger at Clinton, exploding with rage and misogynistic bullying. Trump the bully menaces Clinton with imposing presence and brash insults 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z This summer in Gatineau, Quebec, two teens were caught skulking around a playground wearing clown costumes in order to scare children. 'Killer clowns' in Canada: Why are these sightings spreading? - BBC News 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In 2014, there were a number of reported sightings, from Albuquerque to Fishers, Ind. Last year, a clown was spotted skulking around a Chicago cemetery. Creepy Clown Sightings in South Carolina Cause a Frenzy 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Are we really to believe in a legitimate avian menace skulking above our backyards? Odds are a hawk won’t steal your pet, but you should still be cautious 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The brutal hand-to-hand combat, the high-tech tools and investigations, that sensation of skulking around in the dark undetected, all of it was there in video game form. The new Batman game starts strong by letting you be Bruce Wayne 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Shapiro wrote the scene with sideways glances, skulking, and muttered chatter. The Savagely Clever Feminist Behind “UnREAL” 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z I only saw one, skulking along the side of a pavement, keeping well out of the sight of the authorities. Euro 2016: How is French security ensuring fan safety? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z It is aimed at selling fish gained through illicit means - rather than people furtively skulking around dark corners clutching their Salmo salar. Odd laws you may unknowingly break - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z A balmy wind gusts through it, plucking at the nerves, and, during a mountain walk, a skulking fog appears from nowhere. Sex, Food, Rock and Roll 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z A few weeks ago I was standing here, looking through this garbled, pearly whorled window for my kids on the street, seeing instead the servants skulking under the ashokas. An Intimate Novel of a Terror Attack 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Barbara, the lobby cat, and a biter, keeps skulking through the “antiquated swank” of the hotel as if she knew more, and worse, than anyone foolish enough to pet her. The Plot to Blow Up Margaret Thatcher 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Mike Long, a spokesman for Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader, was spotted skulking down the Senate side of the Capitol several times a week, toting fare from the rival chamber. A Bipartisan Outcry in the House, Over the Cafeteria 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z In today's world, that looming threat of climate change is perhaps a more worthy adversary than skulking submarines. Submarines and Sea Monkeys 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z At the same time, I note that I’ve also begun to pay skulking attention to the Astros, in case they win and move on. By Comparison 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z And if they do not serve, is skulking and sulking the new sincerity? Jeremy Corbyn victory: How hard is it to be authentic? - BBC News 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z They are produced in South Africa, as well as Kenya, by artisans that James found through word-of-mouth and just plain wandering about — even skulking around tanneries and ostrich farms. Meet the designer who is turning Maasai sandals and other African footwear into high fashion 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z He remembers feeling "like some sort of weird Clockwork Orange droog" skulking around a "dystopian, twisted city" when he wrote it. Foals return with music that 'makes you want to smash a room up' - BBC News 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It's my first ambassadorial party - and, since I'm skulking around with a microphone asking annoying questions, probably my last - but I saw no evidence of white-gloved footmen. On Her Majesty's Service - in a new way - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z In fact, her mother had called the police when she saw a man skulking around the house. Taking It Slow, Until She Took Charge 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z And so far, it does work: more thoughts on this later, but it’s a refreshing change of pace from all of the skulking and punching which I always found tiresome. 'Batman: Arkham Knight' Review, One Hour At A Time -- Day Two 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The kill occurred in his territory and the large male tiger was spotted skulking near the man's body. Has an Indian 'man-eating tiger' been wrongly imprisoned? - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Being social is lauded and most people seem skeptical of all that skulking about that introverts do. Introverts or Extroverts: Here’s Which One Has It Better 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z For my part, skulking under a canopy of trees, I tried to even out a tennis court that was badly misshapen. Minecraft: here's one I made earlier 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z But others keep driving, turning to counterfeit license plates or going without plates and skulking around back streets. Athens Journal: Hard Times Leave Some Greek Car Owners With Nothing but Rust 2014-02-20T01:07:23Z But what were we skulking around for, anyway? Jeffrey Eugenides: “Find the Bad Guy.” 2013-11-11T05:00:00Z For every generous attempt to start a debate, there seems to be an internet troll skulking, ready to fling an insult. Video debating site hopes to help banish trolls from net 2013-07-21T08:00:00Z Back on the beach, Maria Dolores is cutting a piece of ham to offer to the couple of scraggy dogs, which are skulking under the picnic table. Why has Spain fallen out of love with Europe? 2013-06-30T23:49:34Z Also hard to teach the cubs good hunting habits, with all the skulking and hiding we’ve had to do. Interview with a Saber Tooth Tiger 2013-04-01T13:15:00.327Z When the battles are serious then it often ends in the subservient male skulking away. Giraffe fights and friendships 2013-01-02T01:02:20Z You're free to charge into a scenario, guns blazing, or take a more considered approach, skulking in the shadows, taking down guards under a cloak and with dagger. Dishonored 2012-10-08T12:54:55Z More than a few athletes end up flat on their backs, or hunched over on their knees, or skulking away in defeat. For Olympic Weight Lifters, Event Is More Than Momentary Lift 2012-08-01T19:20:24Z Not daring to face him, I dogged his footsteps, skulking behind bushes or rocks. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Among other wretches drawn from their skulking places, was the man who gave Nana Sahib's orders for the massacre. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Even the person skulking among those trees could not have guessed who she was. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z We do not want to see them skulking behind walls and log houses. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z "I don't need telling that when I find you skulking here at dead of night, and the ship two days from port." Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z If you see any one skulking about or watching, give instant notice, and gallop up if you hear me call. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Human invention could not scheme work for the whole, while skulking, impracticable in other vessels of the Royal Navy, was deemed highly meritorious there. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Congress, skulking behind their sovereignty, still refused payment. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z I sprang up, and darting suspicious glances round me, caught Andr� skulking away under the house wall. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z I cannot send a Highlander out of my sight without running the risk of losing the man, which exposes me to surprise from the skulking villains I have to deal with.”—MS. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Indeed, the country seems to take on a beautiful and cheerful appearance; civilization and beautiful farms take the place of the wilderness, sage brush and skulking coyotes. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z I reckon the water's deep enough in there for fish to be skulking, and I dropped my line right in the middle. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z But some stated that a pedlar had met him, on foot and alone, crossing the Kirkstone Pass at daybreak; and others, that he had been viewed skulking under a haystack near Troutbeck Bridge. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "The result of my kindness and liberality is that you are as you are, an idle, skulking, thieving vagabond." Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z A few skulking Indians had hovered about them, but, alarmed by their numbers, feared to venture an attack. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z This is a crisis of public health and governance that can’t be laid at the feet of one vile militia leader, skulking in the jungle. Why You Should Feel Awkward About the 'Kony2012' Video 2012-03-08T12:35:41Z It seemed that Slump, skulking anywhere for hiding and repose like a hunted rat, had utilized the horse-blankets as a bed. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Wishing would not remove him into safety or comfort, would not relieve him from the consequences of his misdeeds, would not convert the skulking imbecile who faced him into decent company. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Vaguely skulking in the shadows below she made out the figure of a man. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Not a foot sounded on the roadway; only sometimes a skulking dog came ghost-like to the bars and sniffed, and sneaked noiselessly away. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z In Patagonia I was surprised at its dejected appearance and skulking cowardly manner, so unlike the bird I had been accustomed to see on the pampas. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Their corn-field was two miles distant from the fort, and skulking Pequots were always on the alert to waylay and murder them. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z But no natural timber, no belts of grove, no thick undergrowth; nothing that might afford shelter for skulking outlaws, or stolen quadrupeds. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z But alas! they were attacked by an Indian brave, skulking in the woods. Little Friend Lydia 2012-02-14T03:00:25.563Z Priests skulking in the shadows with faces sinister as night, ghouls in the name of the gospel, desecrated the grave. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z In this motion of the wings, also in many of its gestures, on the ground, its- 190 - skulking habits, and reluctance to fly it is more like a Rail than a Snipe. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z The settlers had seen skulking savages on the hills, but they knew not what to make of this fellow, who thus dropped in on them, as it were, for a morning call. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Well, he passed the gate, climbed the fence, sneaked up to the front of the house, skulking between the trees and rose bushes directly underneath the parlor window. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z What do you mean by following me up like this, and skulking in the brambles? The Bushranger's Secret 2012-02-09T03:00:14.847Z "Get a lantern, mate," one of these growled, "and see that there are no more of these skulking hounds alive." A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The poodle has been conveyed out of town as craftily as if he were the Chevalier, I know not why, and is now skulking in the country, I know not where.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z All around the far-flung outskirts of the host ran, skulking and dodging, its accustomed, hereditary foes—the little slim, yellow-gray coyotes and the gaunt timber wolves. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z "Well he passed the gate, climbed the fence, sneaked up to the front of the house, skulking between the trees and rose bushes directly underneath the parlor window." Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z No. There was the watchman, and skulking in his wake was still another figure. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z I’d rather face a hundred men in the open than know that one was skulking about me in the darkness!” The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z I'm a respectable shipowner and grain merchant, you're a pair of disreputable skulking miners, pretending to be sailors, and you've shipped aboard here on purpose to murder and rob me. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z As I walked round I caught sight of a rabbit skulking near the bottom corner of the patch. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Toiney’s contempt for the skulking vagrant who had caused his mother’s heart to “break in pieces,” had communicated itself to them. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z The skulking foe, Hid in the forest lay and fought secure, What could the brave Virginians do, o'erpower'd By such vast numbers and their leader dead? The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Scarcely is it finished before the skulking cowbird watches her chance to lay an egg in it that she may not be bothered with the care of her own baby. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z "Why didn't I drop that coyote when I caught him skulking th' other morning!" growled Meeker, regretfully. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z All these are pointed and 'roded' keenly by native dogs, but their skulking powers are a match for the staunchest. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Nixon nodded in the direction of Harold skulking timidly behind the berry bushes. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z One morning the Old Man caught him skulking below after all hands had been piped on deck to get the canvas off her. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Noticed he was skulking round the corner of a shed, and seemed kind of startled at the sight of me, but was too rattled to think of much just then. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Leaving the emigrant camp, a band of renegade Apache Indians were seen skulking in the hills. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z Was it possible that the skulking assailant had feared that The Phantom was about to make an important discovery, and was that why he had fired the shot? The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Somehow, it stimulated in Scout Warren the desire to be an éclaireur in earnest to the darkened boy overshadowed by his bugbear fears, now skulking behind the berry-bushes. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z He is soon forgotten by his wife, who takes another husband, and by his children either skulking here and there to shun the officer, or toiling in a chain-gang. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z For a year he crawled about, skulking in the woods and living on what he might. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Yes, there he is, skulking along, the pauper!' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z Pray Heaven I may soon be quit of this skulking in corners! Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z I wonder if he’s skulking round among the dunes still; that’s not probable? A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z In the exquisite, neat little matted cradle of glistening milkweed flax, lined with down from the fronds of fern, the skulking housebreaker deposits her surreptitious egg for the little yellow mother-bird to hatch and tend. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z It declares that "Americans shan't rule us—Papists" It has for years been spewing forth its malicious tirades against Protestant Americans, while the real author of this scurrility, Bishop Hughs, is skulking behind the bush. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z There is a tramp coming skulking round the caravan, and I don’t like his looks. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z "Look, sir, there's another of them coming!" cried Elmer, pointing to a skulking figure among the bushes, indistinctly seen. Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z A hundred men were in pursuit in a moment, and in that open country there was no shelter for skulking criminal, no lair in which he could hide till night. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Top Sergeant Mahan—formerly of the Regular Army—listened with true sympathy to the complaint; and listened with open enthusiasm to the tale of the two days of forest skulking. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z The bold robber is an honorable man, compared with a skulking Jesuit priest. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z In battle storm ye seek no lee, With skulking head and bending knee, Behind the hollow shield. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z No one paid any attention to the skulking figure that slipped out from the open door of the tool house, and ran hastily off. Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z With the death of our scout, Jim White, that eventful afternoon on the 9th of September, 1876, the skulking Indians in the ravine seemed to have fired their last shot. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z To these the poor skulking friend of the Covenant listened, by these he was warned, lifted his eyes and his feet to the mountain, and was safe. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z I considered a moment, then replied very quietly that in time of stress no just cause would find me skulking to avoid duty. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z No more sloth and skulking and petty sins. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z "I knew that he was skulking there in hope of seeing her again." Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z A golfer to be feared or just another pro skulking out of the car-park on a Friday night after another missed cut? What now for Tiger Woods after his latest major disappointment? 2011-08-13T10:17:48Z You have been skulking, but I have found you. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Yes, why don't you stop skulking over there like a homeless dog. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z The rage of the four assailants was increasing momentarily, and I began to fear the consequences, when there was a cry of terror, a lull, then a sudden skulking away of the group. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z It looked dismal and uninviting enough, but at least there was no reason to suppose that any revolutionaries would be skulking there. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z However, they neither saw nor heard anything of the skulking gray prowler. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z At the door of this pioneer home stood Helen with a baby clinging to her skirts, pointing a gun at a skulking savage just disappearing beyond a very fair representation of a clump of trees. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z In such waters he takes no fish that you would, and he enlivens the scene more than almost any other frequenter of it, never skulking and hiding, but with metallic, vociferous clatter heralding his coming. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Unlike the skulking, hiding octopus, its ten-armed relative, the Sepia loves the daylight and the freedom of the upper water. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z I believe he was half-melted, but his anger at what he thought was my skulking got the better of him. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z They looked anxiously toward the grassy knoll, and strained their eyes to discover the skulking foe. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z It was a trifle hard to sell all that he had and give it to the poor, who might be a lazy lot of skulking rascals. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Perhaps you may see her, alertly skulking among the underbrush, still uttering that tender, persuasive cry, so faint that the chirp of a cricket might overbear it. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Instead of towards the creek the man was going from it, skulking off as if desirous to shun observation. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z He was dismissed to work with a grim promise of being warmed in an altogether different fashion if he was again guilty of skulking. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Ask the vulture of the rocks, the wolf and the wild dog of the forest, even the skulking jackal who burrows in the earth. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Day after day, and week after week, the animal was to be seen skulking near. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z They in war decline open engagements—bush-fighting or skulking is their discipline. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Ere long they could be seen skulking through the enclosure, and quarrelling over the corpses upon the plain. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z His mind was not adapted to scheming and skulking. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Of these latter, one who had been skulking beneath the shelter of the New York Theatre fire-escapes strolled idly out toward Joan and addressed her in a whisper of loathly intimacy. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z He would have much rather seen the fellow and made arrangements accordingly, than to be in ignorance of where the sentry was, since it was unlikely that all the watch on deck were skulking. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The horrid fact being completed, they kept on their course near the mountains, where they lay skulking four or five days, rejoicing at the plunder and store they had got. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z A gray wolf, skulking through the sparsely wooded waste, would be succeeded by a herd of timid deer. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z There were others, skulking on high ridges, watching, waiting. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z He was not disappointed that this manœuvre surprised a shadow skulking in the penumbra of rose bushes that bordered the steps, the shadow of a man who drew back swiftly when he recognized Matthias. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Something hideous and hateful skulking like a torpid snake in the shadows beyond the threshold of consciousness, some foul shape that she instinctively shrank from calling up.... Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z The skulking beast quickly disappeared and Jib did not fire. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z “There they are!” she cried, having caught sight of two skulking figures near the automobile. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z We made no reply but kept steadily on our course, observing, meanwhile, that the Indian, with his gun, was skulking along through the brush, apparently bent on overtaking and waylaying us. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The skulking, demonized face in the doorway glared with frantic fury at the proud, high countenance on the wall, and a malediction burst from the writhing lips in a hissing whisper. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z He even resisted at first—refused to be turned out—and, skulking about the forest with his gun, kept the deputies at bay. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Ah, Poll, my girl, a woman's work is Labour, and no skulking. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.693Z About one o’clock in the morning two men might have been observed skulking about the farther side of the pond nearest to the camp. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z He knew he was skulking somewhere in the neighbourhood, he said; skulking, that was the word. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Get up; you are merely a skulking villain. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Stop here, two of you men, and see these skulking villains do not make a hubbub. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z It is a comparatively small animal, although frequently 3 feet in length of body with a bushy tail two-thirds as long, and is of a skulking, cowardly nature. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z He is a sly, skulking and treacherous animal, mostly nocturnal in his destructive visitations. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z "I dunna think he be skulking, sir," was the reply of one. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z No, he felt certain he had seen a dark form skulking there. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Both your wife and your son, as well as yourself, are sworn Papists, and you are yourself, as I well know, little better than a skulking spy of King Philip of Spain. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z But as the gentleman went skulking by, both turned their faces towards him. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Nearing the spring, we saw, skulking near the outer edge of this thicket fringe, five Pottawattomie warriors. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z It was a good opportunity to let off a little of his ill-humour, and he demanded where the man had been skulking, and why he was away from his work. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Bob stood, pressed against the parapet, his eyes on the spot, some yards distant, where he believed he had seen the skulking form. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z A masonic sign communicated to the clerk caused his disappearance; and the instant after that pale-faced familiar was skulking like a ghost within the cupboard enclosure. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z No wonder that, in the contemplation of such a prospect, he took no heed of the partridges straying through the stubble, or the pheasants skulking along the edge of their cover! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z These old skulking gray chafers are such sly old dogs, they are not to be reckoned on, and no more is the mischief they do. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z “We shouldn’t be surprised that there were predatory dinosaurs skulking around the shadows,” says Lawrence Witmer, a paleobiologist with Ohio University in Athens. Dangerous Dinos Came Out After Dark 2011-04-15T18:26:00Z After he had vanished from view two skulking figures came aboard, chuckling with delight over the apparent success of Frank’s plan. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z They started up the hillside, keeping in the brush wherever such grew, skulking low-backed across the open spaces. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z It had been a day of mutterings, of whisperings, of skulking things that had fled the sunlight. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z He seems to be about everywhere skulking and prying into people's affairs. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z But look sharp, my lads, for you may find plenty of them still, skulking behind the bulwarks.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Perhaps she has good reasons for skulking, but it does not look to me like her original shrewdness. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z The whole Country being one continued Forest, gives great Advantages to those skulking Parties, and has obliged the Christians to imitate the Indians in this Method of making War among them. The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II 2011-04-01T02:00:35.400Z He was only on the verge of things, of hidden and abominable things, here in this shadow land, this night land of skulking shapes, this sordid realm of the underworld. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z As he made this facetious remark, they emerged into the open air; and, whispering mutual congratulations, went skulking onward, like a brace of felons making their escape from the confinement of a prison. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Dodging and skulking from rock to rock is hard upon team, plow, and plowman; and it can rarely pay. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z About eleven o'clock that night, a policeman, named Benjamin Kline, discovered this man Towler with a drawn revolver, skulking behind a car standing on the side track near the dépôt. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Notwithstanding this, five Persons were carried away in Sight of Sorel Fort, by a small skulking Party, but they were soon afterwards recovered by the Soldiers. The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II 2011-04-01T02:00:35.400Z On arriving opposite the gate of the fort, however, I perceived the figure of a man—not far from the sutler’s store—apparently skulking behind some logs. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z She saw not that dark form skulking but a short distance behind her, like an evil shadow, ill defined, under the dim light of the dawn—and keeping pace with her as she advanced. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It was done, and here was his choice: to live the life of a skulking wolf, to prowl, to flee, to fight at bay, or to return and confront an outraged law. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The governments, State and National, want such men, and are looking for them, while they are skulking through city alleys or walking miry roads at midnight. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z By it bands of deadly assassins, skulking at midnight behind hideous disguises, and warring upon innocent women and children have been suppressed and broken up. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z We did so, regarding with scrutinous glances the trunks behind which we knew the savages were skulking, and eyeing them as keenly as the ferret hunter watches the burrows of the warren. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Settle the whole lot if you can, boy; it’ll only be so many skulking cutthroats the less in the world. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z They filled the forests and lay upon the corn and hid the 'gyarden-spot,' and came skulking about the porch, peering through the vines in a ghostly fashion. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Only the white fox and the skulking wolf were to be seen, and these two animals were far too wary to be shot. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z There was the coyote skulking out in the cactus scrub, and the buzzards wheeling low and large. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z The greatest coward of our party had become brave, and no one voted for either skulking or hanging back. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z "A robbery, by George!" thought Sedley, as he marked the prowling vigilance of the man, and his peculiar skulking gait. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z A sharp report—and a jet of red light, projected from the muzzle of the weapon, revealed a group of skulking, unfamiliar figures stealthily advancing upon them. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z All this preliminary discourse of mine, Tom, looks as if I were skulking the explanation that I promised. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Ascending this stream, in which were a few stagnant pools of bitter unpalatable water, a human figure was detected skulking behind some thick green tamarisks by which they were overshadowed. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z I could see no one, but felt sure that the noise was caused by some person skulking among the trees. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Many times, he knew, skulking figures had been concealed in this garden. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z And yet, at the same moment, with a contrariety of feeling from which he shrank aghast, there was skulking into his mind all that grewsome company of doubts. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z It will be Third Single to Perdition for a set of skulking pirates. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z We twigged: they were all skulking at the bottom of the cages rather than bursting to get out. Why I'm not sorry to miss World Cup's opening ceremony in Dhaka 2011-02-17T00:06:01Z They fixed him last night when you were skulking in the bush.' Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Well, my information is regarding a woman I saw skulking in the halls the night of the murder. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z We several times saw the coyotes skulking under the edge of the chapparal, and at a greater distance the gaunt form of the large Mexican wolf. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Like a thief skulking after the unsuspecting pedestrian, on whom he intends to practise his professional skill, so did I follow Francisco. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z He seems to be about everywhere skulking and prying into people’s affairs. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Captain," he asked, "don't you get tired of skulking in the brush, and waging a warfare which is really contrary to the rules of war of civilized nations? The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z As �neas descends from the palace roof, he sees Helen skulking in a neighboring shrine. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z They are fond of shamming, or "skulking," as sailors term it, and will often voluntarily expose themselves to sickness, in order to obtain exemption from labour. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Absorbed in the earnestness of my purpose, I did not observe three genuine thieves, who were skulking after me. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z And here a sinister, insinuating thought came stealing along a lower corridor in my brain; a creeping, skulking, devilish thought which I caught and choked as I would have a mad dog on my threshold. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Who has not watched the blue jay skulking off to hide an acorn where he will be sure to forget it? The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Unconsciously that restored to me, in a measure, the self-respect I had nearly lost in those brutal days on the Moon, and the skulking and imprisonment which followed. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The shrubbery was dense, and the night dark, but she discerned a faint semblance of a person skulking among the trees. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z After a few seconds spent in skulking across the lawn, we succeeded in placing ourselves within good viewing distance of one of the windows. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Had our positions been reversed, had I seen him skulking away from that fringe of greenery, I doubt if I would have given him the chance he offered me. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Like a skulking coward he had gone prowling in the woods by day, and like a skulking coward he had stolen to her haunt by night! Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z "I mean to have his life, Bows—his villainous skulking life, my boy;" and he rapped upon the battered old pistol-case in an ominous and savage manner. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Win Bannard was skulking around in the woods just back of this house——" "Skulking! The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z All three had been hushed for some time—having come to a stop while we were skulking among the rhododendrons. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z One is skulking from, and shirking the duties of civilization, while the other, though a savage, is, at least, true to his own professions. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z So it was that behind that green and pleasant land, bathed in sunshine, ferocity and death are skulking underground. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z "I really don't know; he's lying down, skulking in a hole; the devil take him." The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "Do you see that man skulking in the shadow by the wall?" asked Tournay, pointing de Lacheville out to the jailer. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z While Jack had been speaking, his gaze had become turned in an opposite direction to where the figure of a man was to be seen skulking in the thicket of flowers. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z We all followed him on our hands and knees, skulking behind the pinnacles, and concealed from the Hawaiians by the rough lava-masses. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z What this result does suggest, though, is that the world’s health authorities need to watch for the emergence of other viruses related to smallpox that may be skulking in the undergrowth, awaiting their opportunity. Emerging infections: No good deed goes unpunished 2010-09-02T10:46:00Z Coleman narrowly lost his reelection bid to Al Franken, declined to run for governor of Minnesota, and has apparently decided to just continue skulking around D.C. Same old Republicans forming exciting new groups 2010-05-06T17:15:00Z We weren't elected to start skulking around the Bay carrying out business from cafes. Parties miss debate due to picket 2010-03-24T06:37:00Z Chronos is skulking among the lions, holding his camera close to the faces of the sleeping male and female, taking pictures. 2010-01-04T05:00:00Z So it was Spurrier, the law-abiding man, who was skulking in the laurel while the notorious Mosebury walked the highway “upstanding” and openly—and the man in the thicket stooped low to escape discovery. The Law of Hemlock Mountain When the bordering swamp was reached, the trail turned in a westerly direction, skirting thus 166 for half a mile, and here, also, evidences of skulking along were visible. The Girl From Tim's Place Bring a light, quartermaster," said the mate; "let us see who this skulking thief is. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 They are either in the way, or skulking in corners; so I took the first opportunity of returning home to Britain again. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 When he had got about half way through the wood, he perceived three or four suspicious-looking fellows skulking amongst the trees a little in advance of him, and directly in the route he was pursuing. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 It was not uncommon to have one pass over the Double O, but for some unaccountable reason Courtlandt linked this one to those two skulking figures at the foot of the bluff. The Trail of Conflict Almost could Old Cy see him watching them from behind trees, skulking along when their backs were turned, a low, contemptible thief. The Girl From Tim's Place A few Indians were now and then seen skulking at a distance in the streets, raising their heads from a half-concealed canoe, or peering from a terrace among the shrubs. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Perhaps he was skulking about the windows at the back.” Whispering Wires But I could not reconcile myself to it, nor could I imagine Schwartz, with his great bulk, skulking around pinning scraps of paper to pillows. The Window at the White Cat Just imagine—mad folks, and murderers, maybe, skulking in coverts! Deep Moat Grange It was neither bear, deer, nor wildcat that Ray saw skulking along the ridge, but the half-breed. The Girl From Tim's Place She had been silly and sentimental and weak to fancy that she could have real peace in any other way, to imagine that she could go through life skulking, fearing. Manslaughter One after the other they went up tendering their children like poor plucked bruised flowers, with the idolatrous, skulking faith of believers approaching God. Woman The skulking sneak is trying to bluff us. Into the Primitive “So it seems; but I will drag him into the light, wherever he is skulking.” The Little Minister He kept skulking and sneaking about the forge for some time, till he saw that Bill hadn't a cross to bless himself with. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The Skeleton was already inclined to give that skulking Germain a turn of his hand. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 "Then why did you not take up with those honest trades, instead of coming here skulking and feeding out of my saucepans?" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Must be that skulking lion I heard last night. Into the Primitive He was one of that crew imported from elsewhere to register, re-register and vanish, but he had lingered, and now a grievance had sent him skulking to the enemy's camp with vengeance in his heart. The Tempering Anxiety was visible in every form of nature—in the cries of the birds, the skulking of the dogs, the blanched faces of the boarders, the attention of the fishermen. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Moya was nonplussed: all her plans had been built upon the supposition that she should find the runaway still skulking in the hut where she had seen him the previous forenoon. The Shadow of a Man His method of advance was at once skulking and arrogant. The Firebrand The skulking brute prowled around for hours before the moon rose, when it was pitch dark. Into the Primitive I'm become so adept at skulking and hiding I'd elude a whole regiment! Our Admirable Betty A Romance Certainly theirs was the road of heroism and self-sacrifice, while the pacifists, even if right in principle, were skulking behind the protection the soldiers gave to them. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines I will not leave it to your father to say that I came skulking about the place, and was ashamed to show my face. Ayala's Angel "How many men had this skulking fellow, Sumpter, at his back?" Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency She was wondering how she should explain on the morrow that her lover had been skulking somewhere all day preparatory to decamping altogether, if she failed to prevent him from adopting that disgraceful course. A Traitor's Wooing Shoot," says I, "you skulking cowards, scared to show your noses at the door. A Man in the Open Following the paths trodden by the bare feet of the school children, and spying and skulking, I crept into a good hiding-place about a rod from the nest. A-Birding on a Bronco Wasn't that one of the brutes now, skulking in the shadow of those willows? Campmates A Story of the Plains Stringent orders in regard to skulking, etc. read to us this evening from Sherman. An Artilleryman's Diary But thy great soul this skulking glory scorns. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Gyp, always skulking about our premises, would make off with any of our lighter possessions carelessly left on porch or lawn. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road At six the Colonel himself had ridden over to the Amity Works with a little escort, finding the neighborhood deserted, and only a few scowling, skulking rioters left. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 And you tempted me here by a lying tale, sent by the lips of yonder skulking rascal. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 It was a very short struggle, and almost before the frightened Gabriella knew what was happening Danny was standing before her smiling, and her tormentor was skulking away, well thrashed for his meanness. Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 But I seem to be hanging back—sort of skulking—while every other fellow who can shoot straight, or not, is in the field.” Harley Greenoak's Charge But, outside, the whole place is alive with stealing, skulking shapes. Haviland's Chum Then again, encouraged by the yells of those behind, on they came, but slower, skulking close to the fence, bending low, clucking and dancing to disconcert his aim. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 We had had more than enough of skulking like hunted leopards. The Induna's Wife But seeing it had no longer to deal with a badly frightened woman, but a strong, determined man, the skulking nature of the beast came uppermost even in the midst of its fury. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising This man, with the cool, dauntless brain—the hardened frame so splendidly proportioned, lay there in the pitchy blackness at the mercy of the skulking, cowardly scavengers of those grim mountain solitudes. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt They were wild with excitement, not only by reason of their unlooked for deliverance from almost certain massacre, but also on account of being in a position to turn the tables upon their skulking foe. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War It was about the period of his recovery, that Dan Paterson was taken as he was skulking about in the west country, apparently looking out for a ship in which to sail to America. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative As if skulking forms paused to find their way. Asteroid of Fear Every little while there would be a deep river to ford, or some wicked Indians skulking round, or a wild beast threatening. The Child's Book of American Biography Before the once more erect figure of their dread enemy, Man, the skulking jackals and hyenas slunk back in dismay. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt They passed a large kraal which was quite deserted, but only just, for the smoke still rose from more than one fire, and a couple of dogs were yet skulking around the huts. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War When once more he set out, for a long way some skulking beast which he could not plainly see stalked through the nodding grasses a few paces distant from him, but side by side. The Three Mulla-mulgars Charles Carlson also remembered that a few nights after May 4th he had noticed a man skulking about the cottage. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin Why the devil was he skulking like this? The Giants From Outer Space On the cab rank an even dozen Spitfires breathed flame from idling motors, trembling like things alive, straining to be up and into the blackness after the skulking killers. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. No children were to be seen—not even a half-starved cur skulking around—and of men or cattle there was no sign. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War But I like not your fashion of hunting, Beast of Shadows, skulking and creeping and scaring off his wandering supper-meat. The Three Mulla-mulgars We saw or heard nothing more of the wolves, which were of that cowardly species—a compromise between the skulking coyote and the savage gray wolf, known as “Loafers.” Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls Perhaps it might be an Indian boy; we had a glimpse of such a half grown brave skulking along, one day. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine He had kicked the truth, he said, out of a skulking half-breed, who drifted in to beg for a drink soon after seven. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Only last night there was a fellow skulking round here, and I was just dippy enough, thanks to your influence, to think he resembled Drummond. The Destroying Angel Repeatedly have our troops been fired upon and murdered by skulking rebels who protected themselves in their dwellings; but in no case has a town been destroyed therefor.” The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Guard, whom I had forgotten to invite to accompany me, was skulking along in the underbrush beside the trail, uncertain whether to show himself or not. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls It is evident that he was not the same fellow that Juarez had detected skulking in the woods that morning, for this was a Mexican who was stalking the boys’ camp. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine Out they darted, crouching and bending low, driving a few shots first at the skulking warriors nearest, then scattering along the ground at the edge of the low platform crackling fiercely from the flames underneath. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade It was, on the other hand, impossible to say where in the plantation of pines the man might not then be skulking. The Destroying Angel Between the running man and the silver moon moved black skulking forms—the foragers on their night hunt. The Story of the Trapper There rapid footsteps startled him, as though he was a skulking evildoer, and the swift approach of a man along an intersecting pathway, made him feel like taking to cowardly flight. Eleven Possible Cases Always, just inches or feet away from man, running through sewers, hiding in woodpiles, freight-cars, ships, barns, slaughter-house, skulking down black alleys, listening, hiding, stealing, always listening. Brown John's Body The moonlight was full upon her, and I stood skulking in my concealment of shadow like a thief, held fast in a paralysis of jealousy and worship. The Portal of Dreams Merely a hasty guess at the identity of one who might turn out to be nothing more than a hapchance tramp—a skulking vagabond on the watch for a chance to pilfer and fly. The Destroying Angel Not the small, skulking coyote—the vagrant of prairie life! The Story of the Trapper He was somewhat dashed in spirits, having passed a long day alone skulking in the country, and made but a poor meal in an alehouse near Dundas. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) It made me laugh to see the gawk skulking along in the rear. An Artist in Crime The savages did not approach my cave, but sometimes when evening fell and the jungle spread itself in a fringed blanket against the moonlight, I could make out skulking patches of shadow at its edge. The Portal of Dreams Another sensation was created, to the effect that some Rebel Cavalry had been seen skulking in the upper edge of a cornfield, near which we were encamped. Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. I will only add, that conscious innocence is not found skulking in dark forests, and obscure hiding places. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion I saw him yonder in the Haverdal, where he was skulking about, watching after a deer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Nor, on the other hand, do I see myself skulking in some hole abroad with the hue and cry after me. Ancestors A Novel The angry father pointed his son's companions to the door, and after a moment's hesitation they went skulking out, and father and son disappeared up the stairway. Strangers and Wayfarers He thought he was being shadowed, that someone was skulking behind him. Sónnica That he was instantly recognized by skulking scouts in the woods was as evident. The Story of Old Fort Loudon A lean, skulking cur gave the alarm, which was taken up by scores of his companions, who rushed upon the stranger, yelping and snarling in the most ferocious manner. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon He vividly realized that he had been skulking before the closed shutters of his understanding, accepting the new conditions with but the dulled surface of his brain. Ancestors A Novel In conclusion, it may be safely said that no man ever saw one of them in the closing campaign of the war skulking before battle or sneaking to the rear after the action began. Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville? Every man we ketch now skulking home is goin' to see his sick and dying mother. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys I see it all!" said the smuggler, dashing the telescope back into its case; "the low, the skulking coward, to go blab upon a neighbour! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 Here, sir; I have for a few moments been absent from my post, but I thought I remarked an Indian skulking near to watch our movements, and I followed him. Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution “Provide with thine own arm,” said the Wilderness, “against frost and famine and skulking foes, or thou shalt surely die!” Our Southern Highlanders Men of no compassion, unreached by ordinary sympathies, they felt the furtive skulking back, step by step, along ways commonplace enough in the daytime, but begirt with terrors now and full of demoniac suggestion. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories I have several times on such occasions discovered them clinging with their feet to the reeds under the water; and at other times skulking under the floating reeds with their bill just above the surface. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 He was always a skulking, discontented, vagabond; ever foremost in mischief, and striving to make his shipmates as mutinous as himself. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 One dragged her skulking husband from a hole, and drove him to the front. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) "We found him skulking in the forest; not twenty minutes ago," supplemented Trusia. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch And ever since he’s been sneaking and skulking and stealing his victuals, and been stoned and driven off with whips, and shot at till it’s a wonder he don’t go ’round biting everybody he sees.” Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted When Did Doom, though lame, not bide its time, To clutch the nape of skulking Crime? The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West The skulking debtors scuttle into their burrows, the bullies fling down cup and can, lug out their rusty blades, and rush into the mêlée. Old and New London Volume I So saying, the old salt, after skulking some distance farther down the sand gully, threw himself flat upon his face, and advanced in this attitude, like some gigantic lizard crawling across the sand. The Boy Slaves Penn trembled with excitement as he saw the rebels cross swiftly forward, skulking among the bushes, to the summit of the ridge. Cudjo's Cave He only waited until he could glimpse one of those skulking, shadowy forms on the outside border of the light cast by the fire circle. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol He was there alone and unarmed, looking for strayed cattle, and had been skulking and hiding from Indians for more than an hour before I came along. In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 But the old Lion of the Seas was not skulking in his lair, or trembling at the advent of his enemies, however numerous and mighty they might be. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror On seeing these we made an exclamation of joy, but the fear of seeing the others come in, made us run out in the rear, far into the rye-field, skulking and hiding like thieves. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 The moment he began I heard a rustle of wings behind me, and turning quickly had a glimpse of the shy dame, skulking around a sage bush. Upon The Tree-Tops No rifle shot was heard; no skulking foe, suddenly detected, was caught trying to escape;—though many a wind-shaken bush, doubtless, was taken for a dodging rebel, and many a stump threateningly ordered to halt! Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Something very important surely, for conscious guilt had looked from their pale faces, had marked their skulking flight from the scene. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday "You cowardly, skulking murderer!" he exclaimed, "see what you have done!" Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches She seemed to see a figure skulking through the dusk about the shack; it entered the lean-to and crouched in hiding. The Plow-Woman His mate never tried deception, but relied upon skulking to and fro, unseen among the bushes. Upon The Tree-Tops It is difficult to count Indians skulking amidst bushes and trees. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters But a lie is a skulking thing, and he had scant affinity with it. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories H. W. Allen, Alexandria, La., reports 8000 deserters and skulking conscripts in that vicinity, and a bad state of things generally. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Finally, a bruised, exiled traitor, more despised, if possible, than before, he fled skulking away. The Plow-Woman Just before relief comes on, two skulking figures comes over the top. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The men on foot took a short cut through the corn itself, to flank the cavalry and rout out any skulking reds. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters We met quite a number of men who had been skulking with the train, now rushing for the front at full speed. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House The same deserted houses and the same skulking out of sight by the inhabitants showed the fear that outlasted even the arrival of heavy militia reinforcements. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Sometimes when she was on the street at night she would see him skulking along in the shadows, and would clasp her father's hand more closely. The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge Once eliminate the fear of starvation, once eliminate or bound the hope of riches, and we shall see plenty of skulking and malingering. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) They all had dismounted, except the medicine-man, and were skulking through the grass. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters Frequently either one or the other imagined they were being followed; and a dozen times some innocent citizen was suspected of being the skulking Jules. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France Then she walked back quickly through the market place, so as not to seem to be skulking. Step IV Now that was some kind of action which allowed the adversary manoeuvrability above and beyond that of skulking bees with a flame or killing baby birds. The Land of Look Behind The bearers of such false passports certainly risked heavy penalties, but shrank still more from incurring any suspicion of skulking or cowardice. My Three Years in America Come along, old fellow," he said; "no skulking, it's too late to draw back. A Country Gentleman and his Family He avoided all dark streets, and warned his chums to keep a bright lookout for skulking figures. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France Why were you two skulking in the bush? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) This surely was a great achievement for one who, a few months previously, had been skulking from covert to covert to escape the terrors of a jail. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series No sooner had the work of cutting it been begun than the Spanish fire recommenced, the soldiers skulking back to their deserted rifle-pits and rapid-fire guns through the high grass. The Boys of '98 And the cheapest and easiest way to get it is to make you pay for it in the violation of your honest principles, if he can drive you to it in his skulking way?” Claim Number One I’m most sure I saw a man skulking around who showed a whole lot of concern when I approached, and even hurried away. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France I should not like to tell you all that was said to Bill when, an hour after breakfast-time, he came skulking up to the farm. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock There were clinging bits of broken sage on it, and burrs, which it had gathered in his skulking through the brush. The Rustler of Wind River The torpedo boats, skulking behind the shelter of their friends, steal closer to the Russian ships. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heaped o'er her head! The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Every moment it seemed to him that something was approaching, skulking, hiding in ambush. In Desert and Wilderness Once we imagined we saw a skulking figure on the opposite bank––an Indian Barbeau insisted––but it disappeared so suddenly as to make us doubt our own eyes. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West At the bottom he was a coward, as his skulking deeds attested, and in that moment he knew that he stood before his master. The Rustler of Wind River As I am alive, there is the poor hare skulking along! The History of Sandford and Merton He was seen often and by many persons, always at night, skulking in the shadow or riding furiously on a horse. Tales from Dickens No doubt somewhere in the picture a man was skulking, but even in the light of matrimonial experience this was not sufficient to spoil the full enjoyment of those moments. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Not the actual accident in the Park; but this hiding in the heart of London, this skulking among strangers, this leaving his own people to mourn him as the dead! The Camera Fiend Dolores spurned the body with her foot, and abruptly turned back, in a rage to think that she had permitted the giant slave to order her into skulking security. The Pirate Woman Purge us of skulking and treason, Help us to put them away. A line-o'-verse or two They are criminals of the deepest dye, not only capable of any villainy, but already guilty, and to such a degree that their guilt has made them shrinking, skulking cowards.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West So cheer up, lass, for I may fall some day, but it will not be at the hands of a skulking Covenanter in a street brawl. Graham of Claverhouse |
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