Which preposition to use with slinking

into Occurrences 19%

The other made no reply; a weight seemed to have fallen upon him along with his new outfit, and he slunk into the darkness.

from Occurrences 10%

And thus stood they, side by side, until the tramp of feet was died away, until the last trembling villager had slunk from sight and the broad road was deserted, all save for Cuthbert the esquire, and divers horses that lay stiffly in the dust, silent and very still.

out Occurrences 6%

He looked around as if he wanted to slink out of sight.

through Occurrences 6%

Where and how he followed, Rudolph never could have told; but once, as they ran slinking through the heaviest smoke and, as it seemed, the heart of the turmoil, he recognized the yawning rim of a clay-pit, not a stone's throw from his own gate.

to Occurrences 5%

He slunk to her feet.

behind Occurrences 5%

All that day he followed in the trail of the team, with Gray Wolf slinking behind him.

in Occurrences 4%

Kazan slunk in the sand while his captor fastened the end of the hide rope to the stern of the canoe.

about Occurrences 3%

" "True enough; but at the same time, when it came to a question of fight, we have had to slink about like a cat in the night, afraid to show ourselves to larger and heavier adversaries.

at Occurrences 3%

A wolf race nourished on the knees of purple kings, how should they ever come down to wearing any man's collar, to slink at heel and retrieve for him?

past Occurrences 3%

Slaves or serfs, however, were not allowed to carry weapons, and slunk past the free men without making any sign.

towards Occurrences 3%

The intruder made a step forward, a step as light as the fall of feathers, but it was not half so stealthy as the movement of Black Bart as he slunk towards the door.

under Occurrences 3%

Instantly he was using the club again, until with a whining cry Kazan slunk under the protection of the snag to which he was fastened.

with Occurrences 3%

The step for which he raised his forefoot was not completed for down the hollow behind him he saw a grey skulker slinking with its belly close to the ground.

toward Occurrences 2%

Slowly he began slinking toward her.

along Occurrences 2%

Anyhow, it was no good waiting about till I collapsed from exhaustion, so, getting on my feet, I slunk along the laurels as far as the end of the drive, and then crept across in the shadow of an overhanging tree.

around Occurrences 1%

Verdi slunk around the corner of the house, and Oliver went back upstairs.

along Occurrences 1%

Presently, having left the woods, he beheld a wolf slinking along a hedge.

at Occurrences 1%

With Black Bart slinking at his heels he walked softly across the porch and tiptoed through the front room.

from Occurrences 1%

And, with face like that of criminal slinking from scene of crime, he got himself to the door by a series of embarrassed bows and shuffling steps.

down Occurrences 1%

Well, we drew up a very strong platform and were on the point of carrying it unanimously when our secretary, a clever fellow but temperamental, like all poodles, spotted the big yellow cat from No. 14 slinking down the street on some poisonous errand or other, and the meeting adjourned in what I can only describe as a disorderly manner.

by Occurrences 1%

Then we entered an outskirt of dusty red lanes bordered by clay hovels with draped figures slinking by like ghosts.

like Occurrences 1%

About ten o'clock in the evening the bombardment slackened for a time and the inhabitants of Antwerp's underworld began to creep out of their subterranean hiding-places and slink like ghosts along the quays in search of food.

across Occurrences 1%

Three-quarters of an hour passed, and I was just beginning to think that McMurtrie would be the winner after all, when I suddenly caught sight of something dark slinking across the exposed part of the road beyond the plantation.

before Occurrences 1%

He is the cadet of a pamphleteer, the pedee of a romancer; he is the embryo of a history slinked before maturity.

round Occurrences 1%

And only jist now ez I kem in I ketched sight of a furrin-lookin' Chinee nigger slinking round the back door of what useter be Ferrers' loft.

Which preposition to use with  slinking