Sheridan Smith

I'm really grateful to my parents for having the confidence in me to let me go. I was terrified I might have to slink back to the village with my tail between my legs, and treated every job as though it were my last - I still do - but fortunately, I got work and things seemed to slot into place.

English Actress

Orison Swett Marden

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

American Writer

Kurt Eichenwald

Uninsured people don't just slink off into a corner and die. They seek treatment, but usually when it is an emergency, and this will be the most expensive kind of care available.

American Editor

Armistead Maupin

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

American Novelist

Sean Evans

Bobby Petrino slinks through coaching jobs with the stench and trustworthiness of expired mayonnaise.

American Entertainer

Baltasar Gracian

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

Spanish Philosopher

Used to describe a movement that is intentionally quiet and careful to avoid being seen or heard.

Stealth Movement

Implies secretive intent, often when doing something not necessarily approved or allowed.

Secretive Action

Commonly used to describe the movement of animals, particularly when they are hunting or avoiding danger.

Animal Behavior

Indicates an emotional response like shame or embarrassment, leading to a low-profile exit.

Emotional Retreat

Used when someone wants to leave unnoticed to avoid drawing any attention to themselves.

Avoiding Attention

Emphasizes a discreet or gracefully quiet departure, without causing a disturbance.

Subtle Exit

Refers to a physical maneuver performed to avoid detection, maintaining a low profile.

Surreptitious Movement

Indicates a particular skill or elegance in silent, smooth movement.

Physical Finesse

Often used to describe an action that might be associated with sneakiness or trickery.

Sneakiness Implied

 away they see that slinking motion and they do come down and have a go at it but I'd imagine I'd like to give animals more credits than what we think and that they're actually clever enough to know that it's something different then a snake that it's got legs and but it will still get hunted quite effectively and and it will give be treated with respect

Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...

 this afternoon's show he is busy as normal doing his thing and well slinking about and so we going to keep following him he looks as though he's might be a bit hungry actually he was quite funny because he walked along this so the edge of chaos time we saw his tracks and Steve said had we got

Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...

 stay with me forever because it was the first time I'd ever got close to a coastal wolf up to this point every time I tried to sneak up on them or get close in my little rubber boat they'd slink off into the forest they really were the ghosts of this coast but

A Quest to Find Canada’s...

 or they wouldn't be able to do their job. But you couldn't put Pee-Wee in an opera set. He couldn't climb up and down those stairs. There'd be no Pee-Wee. He'd be like James Bond slinking elegantly up and down the stairs. It wouldn't work.

3 ways to create a space...

 surprises first surprise this centipede is still growing so it's got to shed so a new exoskeleton can grow on its body like a debutant wriggling out of a too tight evening gown the centipede has to squirm slink twitch ride and ooze out of

Giant Centipede PIPE...

 but whatever it was it turned around and slunk off into the forest soon after that I hired a couple of trackers the first thing they actually found was the dog's hair on the top of the fence I said well obviously he's jumped over

The First Leopard...

 vehicle should be fitted with infrared as technology becomes more affordable because it is definitely the least impacts and best way to go about viewing animals after dark he has a slunk off too

Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...

 but it senses a larger opportunity a baby kangaroo called a Joey makes an excellent target it's too big for his mother to carry if she has to run away the dingo slinks forward while the Joey

Kangaroo vs Dingo PIPE...

 this centipede is still growing so it's got to shed so a new exoskeleton can grow on its body like a debutante wriggling out of a too-tight evening gown the centipede has to squirm slink

Eating Myself: Giant...

 cat-eyed snakes slink around the seasonal pools tasting the night air for the hint of newly laid frogspawn

Slink