lurching

Example Sentences

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On social-media platforms like X, some investors have loudly proclaimed that after years of serving as the dominant cryptocurrency, bitcoin might finally be lurching toward irrelevance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The new parody is lurching and ungainly, though: Stitching parts of various things together seems to come easier to mad scientists than filmmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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

“What the heck was that?!?!?!?” yelled Pelicarnassus, trying to gain control of the giant robot pelican suit, which was now lurching back a step or two, like someone had shoved it.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness