LURCH in a Sentence

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28 example sentences for LURCH, such as:

1. The ship gave a lurch to starboard.
2. The line lurched straight for a moment.
3. Sam hit the gas and the car lurched forward.
4. She gave a sick lurch and ebbed weakly forwards.
5. As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward.

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 Meanings and Examples of LURCH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lurch
 n.  sudden lateral movement or swaying to one side, as of a ship, a carriage, or a staggering person
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  Connie's heart gave a lurch, at the terrible finality of it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
2  She gave a sick lurch and ebbed weakly forwards.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
3  The chair charged in a sick lurch sideways at the ditch.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
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.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
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 Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
7  Scarlett stood for a moment, ankle deep in mud as the guns lurched by.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  They lurched to the highroad and awoke from their sun-soaked drowse at the sound of the clopping hoofs.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  Jurgis' arms were shaking so that he could scarcely hold himself up, and lurched forward now and then as he listened.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
10  Then he lurched toward Jurgis, and the hand upon his shoulder became an arm about his neck.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
11  The line lurched straight for a moment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
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 Doyle
Context  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 Doyle
Context  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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
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.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  Their relationship seems to lurch from one crisis to the next.
2  The property sector was another casualty of the lurch towards higher interest rates.
3  The ship gave a lurch to starboard.
4  I try to always run my posts past spell check but it often leaves me in the lurch.
5  He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road.
6  Suddenly the horse lurched to one side and the child fell off.
7  The train lurched forward and some of the people standing fell over.
8  As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward.
9  Sam hit the gas and the car lurched forward.