How to Use lurk in a Sentence

lurk

verb
Definition of lurknext
Synonyms for lurknext
  • She could tell there was someone out there lurking in the shadows.
  • And those are just the creatures lurking above the vents.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The vibe is bright, the riffs are crunchy, but something eerie lurks beneath the song.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2023
  • An edge of distaste that lurks in the eyes of all white people.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Giant Isopods, a type of crustacean that lurks in the deep sea.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Yet over its life lurks the great oversoul: the mother.
    — Naila Moreira, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But not all the big crocs were ambush predators that lurked at the water’s edge.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Now Belichick looks to the left, and linebackers coach Jerod Mayo is lurking.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The Children on the Hill takes us on a breathless journey to face the primal fears that lurk within us all.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • But Johnson, who won the 2020 Masters with the lowest score in the event’s history, lurks.
    — Alan Blinder, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The fear of loss, of losing not just the Royals but also the dynasty-in-rising Chiefs, lurks in the minds of many voters.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Fears Pakistan could default on its debt have lurked for months.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 12 May 2023
  • The questions lurk in the back of many of our minds—and here are the answers, according to two experts Fortune spoke to.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 12 Aug. 2023
  • What lurks in the middle of the night along the Mogollon Rim is the stuff of urban legend, folklore, myth and campfire tale.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The only thing that survived was one copy of the trailer that’s been lurking around the darkest corners of 4Chan.
    — Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Doom lurks in every nook and cranny of Richard Rhodes’s home office.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 July 2023
  • But behind the scenes of neutral Switzerland, the secret agents of the world powers are lurking in Davos.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • While there is still warmth in the direct daytime sunlight of fall, the chill of winter is now lurking in the shadows.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The news made waves last year and may renew fears about what's lurking in holiday treats.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time, Mr. Bratt (Justin Long) inherits the spooky abode and gets caught up in the dark entities that still lurk there 30 years later.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Hunger and disease are lurking, and the economy is in tatters.
    — Rahim Faiez and Edith M. Lederer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Still without a media rights deal, the Big 12 is lurking and looking for more members to join them.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Ranging in color from a mottled green to a mottled brown, these cuties tend to lurk at the bottom of the water, where their backs blend in with the rocks and mud.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • The final round started with Clark and Fowler tied for the lead at 10-under, and McIlroy lurking at 9-under.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
  • Both are wrong, though there is a cousin to wokeness lurking in SVB’s failure.
    — Kenin M. Spivak, National Review, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Still others own ranches where rare species might lurk, or know people who do.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The feds are spying on him and white supremacists are lurking in the shadows.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
  • It is widely believed that there are a few ghosts still lurking in the infamous prison.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
  • That means crises like the cancer drug shortage are always lurking.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 29 June 2023

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