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Example sentences for "lurching"

Lexicographically close words:
lurch; lurched; lurcher; lurchers; lurches; lure; lured; lures; lurid; luridly
  1. But now, we thought only of the rocks in front, and of the hideous seracs, lurching over above us, apparently in the act of falling.

  2. The rush of cold wind stung Miss Schuyler's face like the lash of a whip, her eyes grew hazy, and she held the furs about her as she swayed with the lurching of the sleigh.

  3. As he went through he would suddenly lose his balance, as if by the lurching of the train, and steady himself by the arm of the seat in which his intended victim sat.

  4. The lurching of some in one direction can always be depended on to offset almost entirely the lurching of others in the other direction.

  5. To be continued) [Illustration: One of the men rolled free and came Lurching toward us.

  6. One of the men rolled free, staggered to his feet, and came lurching towards us.

  7. Nevertheless, the bells ringing at the horses' necks, the cracking whips, the tilt lurching white through the dusk somewhat reassured him.

  8. The man was staggering and lurching in the guard's grasp.

  9. And then old Rangsley hove to, to wait for the ship, and sat half asleep, lurching over the tiller.

  10. Nichols rose, lurching to his full height, and looked in my direction.

  11. The grotesque little figure of Dinney tramping back into Treeless Street with his rattling cart lurching behind him, was all that remained of what seemed to Gloria now must have been a dream.

  12. The pleasant laugh jostled with the lurching of the car; it had the effect of being tremulous with some emotion, but there was nothing tremulous about the placid face beside Gloria.

  13. Then, swallowing his potion, he went lurching down the steps without another word.

  14. And, whip in hand, the burly, mud-covered fellow came lurching up the bank.

  15. Behind came the wagons, lurching up the slope, and the blood surged to the brave young faces as the night wind smote them and fanned into brightness the crimson smear on the horizon.

  16. It grew steadily louder, a blinking ray of brightness flickered across the frame houses, and presently dark figures were silhouetted against the light on the hotel veranda as a lurching wagon drew up beneath it.

  17. After half an hour's pacing the poop the bell would ring for breakfast, the appetite for which would depend very much upon the state of the weather and the lurching of the ship.

  18. I doubt that I'll like Oz," quavered the Doubtful Dromedary, lurching toward Sir Hokus.

  19. I heard the groom drive away to the stable with the cart, and, sure enough, in a minute he came lurching along toward the garden door.

  20. He was trying carefully to retrace his steps, but as he did so he saw the figure of a man dimly lurching toward him out of the darkness of the wharf and the crossed yards of the ship.

  21. With his free arm he swept Cara into the doorway, wheeling quickly in front of her, and sent Mohammed Abbas lurching forward into the faces of the assailants led by Sayed Ayoub.

  22. Do thou abide here till I return, and Paul watched him running, lurching from side to side over the rough ground towards the shepherd, still far away.

  23. As he did so shreds of canvas flew from the lower plane, and dipping abruptly the crippled machine dropped, lurching hideously as it did so.

  24. Stunned by the deafening crash he felt himself lurching against a wall, amidst a shower of broken glass.

  25. She called for Jim, and from the back of the sandy hillock, where he had been reclining, a broad-shouldered rustic came lurching round to them.

  26. Tom Breeks, the orator, and Jim, transformed from a lurching yokel to a lithe dog of battle, kept the retreat of Ipley, challenging any two of Hillford to settle the dispute.

  27. Soon a man alone--a youngish man with a lurching step--came along.

  28. Go to hell, gran'ma," said the man, roughly shaking her off and lurching on toward the two girls.

  29. The dredger went lurching forward, and everything moved off after it.

  30. Big manipulators were coming up and grabbing as many of the half-ton sausages as they could, and lurching away to dump them onto skids or into lorries or just drop them on top of the bags of nutrient stacked beyond.

  31. Desperately with a boisterous irritability he sought to cover also the lurching pound-pound-pound of his heart.

  32. Deep down in his lurching heart he felt a sudden most inordinate desire to reach that brown stone mansion just as quickly as possible.

  33. Sunday morning found us opposite to Lisbon, and at midnight we rounded Cape St. Vincent, where the lurching seemed disposed to recommence.

  34. Halfway to the battlefield the Master passed by her, running and lurching through the knee-high snow at something like record speed.

  35. A lurching jerk of Lad's strong frame tore loose the savagely inefficient hold.

  36. Like a pole-axed ox, Harrigan stopped as he was lurching in.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lurching" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.