lurch

Example Sentences

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North has since learned she was not the only person Freddie Priestley had left in the lurch at the 11th hour after taking the deposit on a room in his three-bedroom flat.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Developers and investors are hesitant to schedule a spot on a factory line if that factory’s bankruptcy will leave them in the lurch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Instead it lends, lends, lends—to economies already so heavily indebted that they lurch from one fiscal and financial crisis to the next.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

The spread to Chile of organized crime gangs originating in Venezuela, Peru and other countries has sown terror among the population, causing a lurch to the right.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

They keep dropping closer and closer all round us; still we cannot leave the grub in the lurch.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque