lurch

Example Sentences

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There’s a worrying precedent from the financial crisis of a big American company being left in the lurch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

As imports are disrupted, India has moved to ensure households and essential sectors remain adequately supplied, leaving restaurants, manufacturers and power plants in the lurch.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Florida; Nevada; Texas; and Utah in a lurch with little notice, no severance and scrambling to fulfill a surge of orders from customers clamoring to get their last tastes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

He said that his family feel "left in the lurch" and described the experience like being in "purgatory".

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

Harry curried Ulysses in the lantern light and hummed a song that I recognized with a lurch as “I Love You Truly.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly