Lexicographical Neighbors of Sculked
Literary usage of Sculked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness, & the North by Þormóður Torfason, Thormodus Torfæus (1866)
"When he was with the King of Scotland he appeared in publick; but when he was in
Caithness he sculked from place to place. He had three trusty friends in ..."
2. The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals by Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1827)
"When the good man sculked towards the boxes appointed for the Lacedemonians, that
honest people, more virtuous than polite, rose up all to a man, ..."
3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"... deeply engaged in the crop-ear'd plot, sculked in England from the discovery
of it in the middle of June till the middle of Sept., at which time he got ..."
4. Publications by American Folklore Society (1904)
"I sculked by the canoe, and just as he was running by, I sprung up, grappled him,
threw him down, and put my knee upon his breast. He then begged his life; ..."
5. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"... and there squatted under bushes, or sculked behind trees, from whence they
continued firing with very .little execution, most of their shot being ..."
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