lurched
Example Sentences
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We got in, the car lurched forward and, I’m not exaggerating, less than a block later, the driver stopped the car, jumped out and opened my door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Business was winding down for the day at Sendan Shokudo, a diner in Japan's southwestern city of Yatsushiro, when the whole building suddenly lurched.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Oil prices and Treasury yields have lurched higher in tandem over the past three months.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Elsewhere in town, the original creature, played by Christian Bale, has lurched here from Austria still on his lonely quest for companionship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
But he allowed himself to be pulled along as they lurched over the black crevice to the next floe, Hazel conscious of how clumsy she must look.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
