SNEAKING in a Sentence

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They dined extravagantly at their hotel at night, and next morning sneaked round the corner to economize at a Childs' Restaurant.

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 Meanings and Examples of SNEAKING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sneaking
 a.  acting in a stealthy, furtive way; gradually growing or persistent
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  "There is some sneaking Temperance Society movement about this business," he suddenly added, now approaching Starbuck, who had just come from forward.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
2  The youth and the tattered soldier followed, sneaking as if whipped, feeling unable to face the stricken man if he should again confront them.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
3  I never waited for to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
4  P'raps it's them that writes fifty hands, and that's not like sneaking you as writes but one.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
5  When noon came, she put off her apron and sneaked away from the hospital while Mrs. Merriwether was busy writing a letter for a gangling, illiterate mountaineer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
6  Children loved him, and he sneaked away from work to tell them improbable stories of sea-faring and horse-trading and bears.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  They dined extravagantly at their hotel at night, and next morning sneaked round the corner to economize at a Childs' Restaurant.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  I'm sorry I sneaked off like that.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIII
9  He gathered himself up and sneaked off, crushed and crestfallen.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  Now a witness was called who testified that he found Muff Potter washing in the brook, at an early hour of the morning that the murder was discovered, and that he immediately sneaked away.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  If you had been in Huck's place you'd 'a' sneaked down the hill and never told anybody on the robbers.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
12  He sneaked back into his cell, amidst a little chorus of approbation; and both Traddles and I experienced a great relief when he was locked in.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
13  Last night they took one of my brown ones, and today they have sneaked one of the black.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
14  I went to the office, however, as usual, but sneaked away home two hours earlier to get ready.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: III
15  I begun to lay for a chance; I reckoned I would sneak out and go for the woods till the weather moderated.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII.
Example Sentence:
1  We went sneaking down the slope of it to labboard, in the dark, towards the texas, feeling our way slow with our feet, and spreading our hands out to fend off the guys, for it was so dark we couldn't see no sign of them.
2  I never waited for to look further, but unlocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.
3  I have a sneaking suspicion that she's not telling the truth.
4  We have to invent a new method for sneaking prisoners out without being noticed by the guards.
5  We sneaked out while Jessie's mom wasn't looking.
6  Douglas had sneaked his camera into the show.
7  She sneaked a gun out of her purse.
8  He sneaked away in the middle of the meeting.
9  When rumours emerged that Aristotle Onassis was romantically involved with Jackie Kennedy, a young Greek journalist sneaked on to the shipping magnate's yacht to see if it was true.
10  A true great man will neither trample on a worm,nor sneak to an emperpor.
11  They attended a sneak preview of the winter fashion collection.
12  Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there.
13  I managed to sneak him a note.
14  Tom Sawyer, you are just as mean as you can be, to sneak up on a person and look at what they're looking at.
15  If you've ever wondered about the best place to sneak away for a nap during a layover, or where to get a coffee at 4 a.m., this is the guide for you.