1 Connie's heart gave a lurch, at the terrible finality of it.
2 She gave a sick lurch and ebbed weakly forwards.
3 The chair charged in a sick lurch sideways at the ditch.
4 As she passed Mr. Gryce, the train gave a lurch, and he was aware of a slender hand gripping the back of his chair.
5 The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher.
6 With his gaff, the gaffman hooks on to a sheet of blubber, and strives to hold it from slipping, as the ship pitches and lurches about.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand. 7 Scarlett stood for a moment, ankle deep in mud as the guns lurched by.
8 They lurched to the highroad and awoke from their sun-soaked drowse at the sound of the clopping hoofs.
9 Jurgis' arms were shaking so that he could scarcely hold himself up, and lurched forward now and then as he listened.
10 Then he lurched toward Jurgis, and the hand upon his shoulder became an arm about his neck.
11 The line lurched straight for a moment.
12 The country roads seem to be not very good in that part of the world, for we lurched and jolted terribly.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB 13 The seaman lurched across the room and took up the pen.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER 14 At nine o'clock, one morning late in July Gatsby's gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three noted horn.
15 It seemed wonderful to him that any one should perform with such careless ease the difficult task of making tea in public in a lurching train.