Sentence examples for lurked from inspiring English sources

'lurked' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is often used to describe someone or something that is present but remains hidden or unnoticed. It can also refer to someone or something that is watching or observing without actively participating. Example: I could feel someone's presence in the room, but I couldn't see them. It was as if a ghost was lurking in the shadows. In this example, 'lurking' is used to describe the hidden presence of the person in the room who is not actively participating in the conversation.

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lurked

verb

Past of lurk

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But already, some asked "what lurked under the surface", not least because of the young writer's choice of subject for a biography.

One problem that can follow transplant surgery is the unexpected reawakening of viruses that have lurked inactive in the patient or donor for years.

The "long ugly" – the years and years of spending cuts or tax rises needed to reduce our deficit, and eventually our debt – lurked menacingly in the background of Miliband's optimistic vision.

Faye went into labour in classic soap style, bent over the sofa screaming: "It really 'uuuuuurts!" Tim, ever the worried dad, looked even more confused than usual while Sally lurked in the background, more concerned about the state of the soft furnishings.

Only on closer inspection did we see, like the sci-fi classic V, that underneath the suave human exterior lurked a hideous reptilian monster.

Mangled coffins in the chapel vaults produced unclassifiable "body bugs", which sprang from the corpses and lurked in hair and clothing.

There it lurked, a vulture".

It is unclear how far MERS has travelled camels showed no symptoms and whether it has lurked for years unnoticed.

RACE and immigration lurked at this year's party conferences like uninvited guests.

But for all that, an unmistakable rebuke lurked in his statement.

Under Ms Le Pen's thuggish father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the party lurked reviled on the far right of politics.

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