lurching

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile the Caliente Range — those mountains just to the west — are lurching the opposite way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Since then, the start of a war in Iran has sent global stock markets lurching lower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

The former Marine uses the lurching, 15,000-pound vehicle to bore a path through the soil for future fiber-optic lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

England's horrific Ashes tour is lurching towards a final defeat after a remorseless Steve Smith century followed Travis Head's spectacular 163 on the third day of the fifth Test.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

From off on the right, his heavy bulbous body lurching dangerously on the spindly legs which barely supported him, came the Overbearing Know-it-all, talking continuously.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster