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1. Imperials, or so she hoped - rather they not be costumed bandits rumored to skulk along the roads
2. Menacing figures now skulk in every corner of the apartment
3. Is there movement there? Moshe wondered as he thought he saw something skulk around a building corner
4. Is there movement there? Moshe wondered as he thought he saw something skulk around a
5. mistress's fury, I was obliged in future to comply, and skulk to my loft at his
6. which had induced me to fly from home, and skulk in obscurity, with all the
7. Cowards skulk about the dead, pretending that they are fulfilling a duty, and many an army before now has been lost from this love of plunder
8. At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would skulk out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed
1. Cloud skulked forward, lowering his legs into the shaft
2. One by one, they skulked along the north wall of the
3. I cringed at the sound; then stood and skulked to the
4. Dried washing skulked in its basket in the middle of the hall-way, the sink bench was submerged beneath unwashed dishes, a partially dismantled vacuum cleaner emptied its dust into a corner, shopping was still in plastic bags on the dining table and discarded clothing littered the living area
5. Then there were the Chinese, who stealthily skulked everywhere;
6. She leapt a three-strand cattle fence when she should have skulked under, and
7. He skulked back out to the common room, where Schnottweiper was waiting in the shadows
8. In the zoo, the wolves had just skulked around in the back of their cage, refusing to put on a show for Alfie however much he shouted at them that he had paid twenty quid to see them
9. anything” rose warned as the two adventureres skulked out of the kitchen to go wash up
10. I skulked around in the background keeping out of sight of the guests as far as possible, and at
11. It skulked in the moonlight, black and shapeless
12. Once again Greg skulked down the alley, feeling more like a messenger boy on wall street than a homeless executive
13. Stacey and Sig scrambled over fences and skulked through back yards
14. He glanced out, saw them, skulked back as he closed the door carefully
15. baboons and monkeys skulked and scampered
16. He shut the door and skulked toward me with a swarmy smile on his face
17. I supposed I should be condemned in Hareton Earnshaw's heart, if not by his mouth, to the lowest pit in the infernal regions, if I showed my unfortunate person in his neighborhood then; and feeling very mean and malignant, I skulked round to seek refuge in the kitchen
18. I supposed I should be condemned in Hareton Earnshaw’s heart, if not by his mouth, to the lowest pit in the infernal regions if I showed my unfortunate person in his neighbourhood then; and feeling very mean and malignant, I skulked round to seek refuge in the kitchen
1. Little bro’s skulking around somewhere
2. He might be skulking somewhere close by
3. Though Carius was a bit frustrated as he well knew who he would likely find skulking about and shamelessly eavesdropping, he was no match for Liulfr’s energetic conversational abilities
4. “Sir it is our contention that L/Cpl Lamb ran from the enemy and that when he was skulking around the front he picked up a couple of injuries and tried to get out of the fighting by getting as far way from the front line as possible that is the prosecutions case Sir
5. But it had not been the discomfort that had bothered him so much as the skulking about far
6. “The abductors were holed up in a shack near the edge of town, but had spies skulking around, all to learn when the ransom would be paid
7. Sicarius chose that moment to return from wherever he had been skulking
8. As the small group made its way along the well-worn paths of Brockenhurst Forest they were followed by a skulking figure
9. Yet whatever made the noise is skulking just past the junction
10. Like a skulking hyena, Moshe thought, eyeing anything that moves
11. He is half-twisted towards Ralph, supported by Annyeke and with Frankel and Apolyon skulking in the background
12. have been the mustelid skulking closer to the building that had
13. there might be something skulking in the shadows that has the
14. Before Trocero could reply, a respectful rap was heard on the door and a voice called: 'My lord, we have caught a man skulking about the castle, who says he wishes to speak with your guest
15. He followed his awful guide through blackness that loomed before and behind them and was filled with skulking shapes of horror and lunacy that cringed from the blinding glow of the Heart
16. Though air conditioning compromised smelling, a picture of the murderous half-breed skulking through the house was taking shape
17. exercise other than skulking around the office? I
18. Glad to be in the open air rather than skulking around in the sewers he walks just for the enjoyment of walking
19. There’s a skulking numbness that pursues me
20. They passed the skulking figure of Scully whose inclusion in the party was rejected by Rudolph
21. What if there was something skulking in the gloom,
22. sense it here with him, skulking in the darkness
23. skulking around in the undergrowth
24. turned towards where Young Halfshaft had been skulking in the
25. before approaching it, to see if Selene was skulking around in the trees
26. As far as she was aware, no one had noticed her skulking around the mining site
27. more skulking about in the darkness
28. They began robbing from predators, stealing their food; they became hated by all the predators of the African veldt as a bunch of dirty skulking thieves and cowards
29. Skulking skull killers who bash in the skulls of dead animals they had not killed, because they did not have the intelligence in their own skulls to find their own food
30. They never came to the New World as friends: they came as sneaky skulking enemies
31. Instead of a dirty skulking killer hiding under the cover of night to do their killing, hiding under the cover of steel armor to do their killing, hiding under anonymous metal masks called helmets to do their killing
32. good at skulking around, but there are a lot of his
33. went on to spend the rest of my life trying to recapture to compensate for the skulking fears
34. ghost skulking about in the cold corridors of my emotional self
35. Another self, a duplicate of every one, skulking and hiding it goes, Formless and wordless through the streets of the cities, polite and
36. Have you forgotten the skulking reptile Uncas slew?"
37. The cry brought him skulking back to his master and a blunt bootless kick sent him unscathed across a spit of sand, crouched in flight
38. there you are like it or lump it he thinks nothing can happen without him knowing he hadnt an idea about my mother till we were engaged otherwise hed never have got me so cheap as he did he was lo times worse himself anyhow begging me to give him a tiny bit cut off my drawers that was the evening coming along Kenilworth square he kissed me in the eye of my glove and I had to take it off asking me questions is it permitted to enquire the shape of my bedroom so I let him keep it as if I forgot it to think of me when I saw him slip it into his pocket of course hes mad on the subject of drawers thats plain to be seen always skeezing at those brazenfaced things on the bicycles with their skirts blowing up to their navels even when Milly and I were out with him at the open air fete that one in the cream muslin standing right against the sun so he could see every atom she had on when he saw me from behind following in the rain I saw him before he saw me however standing at the corner of the Harolds cross road with a new raincoat on him with the muffler in the Zingari colours to show off his complexion and the brown hat looking slyboots as usual what was he doing there where hed no business they can go and get whatever they like from anything at all with a skirt on it and were not to ask any questions but they want to know where were you where are you going I could feel him coming along skulking after me his eyes on my neck he had been keeping away from the house he felt it was getting too warm for him so I halfturned and stopped then he pestered me to say yes till I took off my glove slowly watching him he said my openwork sleeves were too cold for the rain anything for an excuse to put his hand anear me drawers drawers the whole blessed time till I promised to give him the pair off my doll to carry about in his waistcoat pocket O Maria Santisima he did look a big fool dreeping in the rain splendid set of teeth he had made me hungry to look at them and beseeched of me to lift the orange petticoat I had on with the sunray pleats that there was nobody he said hed kneel down in the wet if I didnt so persevering he would too and ruin his new raincoat you never know what freak theyd take alone with you theyre so savage for it if anyone was passing so I lifted them a bit and touched his trousers outside the way I used to Gardner after with my ring hand to keep him from doing worse where it was too public I was dying to find out was he circumcised he was shaking like a jelly all over they want to do everything too quick take all the pleasure out of it and father waiting all the time for his dinner he told me to say I left my purse in the butchers and had to go back for it what a Deceiver then he wrote me that letter with all those words in it how could he have the face to any woman after his company manners making it so awkward after when we met asking me have I offended you with my eyelids down of course he saw I wasnt he had a few brains not like that other fool Henny Doyle he was always breaking or tearing something in the charades I hate an unlucky man and if I knew what it meant of course I had to say no for form sake dont understand you I said and wasnt it natural so it is of course it used to be written up with a picture of a womans on that wall in Gibraltar with that word I couldnt find anywhere only for children seeing it too young then writing every morning a letter sometimes twice a day I liked the way he made love then he knew the way to take a woman when he sent me the 8 big poppies because mine was the 8th then I wrote the night he kissed my heart at Dolphins barn I couldnt describe it simply it makes you feel like nothing on earth but he never knew how to embrace well like
39. that night for having held me back when I might have caught the skulking rascal
40. hunted by his fears, chattering to himself, skulking through the less frequented thoroughfares, counting the minutes that still divided him from midnight
41. He wasn’t too proud to run for it if anything untoward turned up, either, although he had to admit that skulking his way through what were supposed to be Mother Church’s own waters … irritated him
42. There were hundreds of men skulking in His eyes gleamed and Mrs
43. Maybe it was that we kept getting interrupted by various cats skulking into the camera frame
44. 'Yes, the skulking fellow that we saw with his nose in the pool down
45. He was tentative at first, until he saw who it was skulking in the tall brush
46. “Then again,” he said, “as a minstrel, an Ayrishmuhn, and a Traveler, what’s more natural to me than skulking down alleys?”
47. “You must engage the foe forthrightly, not bring dishonor on the Garden by skulking in ambush
48. Yet, as she sipped on her drink, she grew concerned that maybe Jasper had been skulking around
49. See ye not then, shipmates, that Jonah sought to flee world-wide from God? Miserable man! Oh! most contemptible and worthy of all scorn; with slouched hat and guilty eye, skulking from his God; prowling among the shipping like a vile burglar hastening to cross the seas
1. He skulks about the wharves of Joppa, and seeks a ship that's bound for Tarshish