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

A sharp lurch lower in gold prices after the worst week of declines since the 1980s had gold flirting with bear-market territory on Monday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

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

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

Malcolm was already primed for fear and felt his skin prickle all over and a lurch in his stomach.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman