lurching

Example Sentences

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Since then, the start of a war in Iran has sent global stock markets lurching lower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo’s chief executive, acknowledges the risks of lurching into an unknowable future, but tells the author that “the risk of not going fast enough is far greater at this point.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

How many times has Steve Smith lurching across and tucking to leg left you knowing you must settle in for the long haul?

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

I even liked the lurching way you had to walk down the corridors, adjusting balance as the train shifts.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

From off on the right, his heavy bulbous body lurching dangerously on the spindly legs which barely supported him, came the Overbearing Know-it-all, talking continuously.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster