lurked
Example Sentences
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For behind the humility, résumé, folksy affect and demonstrable legislative mastery has always lurked a little engine of ambition that, like Lincoln’s, “knew no rest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Somewhere in the back of my mind lurked the memory of soy-butter corn ramen, another reminder that corn, umami, fat and slurpable carbohydrates have always gotten along beautifully.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Both suffered outages on Thursday afternoon as Tropical Cyclone Narelle lurked off the coast of Western Australia.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
It turned out to be a freshly bricked-up doorway – an attempt to hide what lurked behind.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
I lurked down alleyways, jiggling strange doors and windows, trying to get in somewhere.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
