Thesaurus results for SLINKS

slinks

verb

present tense third-person singular of slink

as in lurks

to move about in a sly or secret manner like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night

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Recent Examples of slinks Claypool’s voice, formerly a sharp and declarative figure in the mix, slinks down into silty waters, often unintelligible and almost always emotionally ambiguous. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 Anne slinks off with her husband. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring. — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The main draws are the nods to its Soviet influence, like the metro system that slinks below the streets and the hypnotizing Hotel Uzbekistan, the city’s finest brutalist monument. — Brandon Presser, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2020

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The Spurs superstar lurks down low near the basket, allowing guards to pressure aggressively on the perimeter.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Clements sets the scene with lively pop music and excellent period-specific costuming, though darkness lurks beneath the funky 1970s groove.

— Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of lurks

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Owen Wilson plays an overprotective dad who sneaks his 13-year-old son (Christian Convery) into the festival.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
The titular bed trick refers to the literary device, beloved by Shakespeare and by opera buffa, in which a lover sneaks into a bed and, under cover of darkness, is taken for someone else.

— S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of sneaks

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With one entity in charge, no community slips through the cracks.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The suit claims the development extends beyond the existing Seaquarium site and into Biscayne Bay, where Resilient Aquarium LLC plans to build more than 300 boat slips that do not currently exist.

— Abby Dodge, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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