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
The former Marine uses the lurching, 15,000-pound vehicle to bore a path through the soil for future fiber-optic lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
England's horrific Ashes tour is lurching towards a final defeat after a remorseless Steve Smith century followed Travis Head's spectacular 163 on the third day of the fifth Test.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 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
On all sides the cliffs were alive with this evil collection of crawling, looming, creeping, lurching shapes.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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