Lurked can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| lurk - lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner | ||
| lurk - wait in hiding to attack | ||
| lurk - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | A thief lurked in the dark doorway. | |
| 2. | verb | Pervasive and pernicious deviations from both fact and logical validity lurked behind a meretricious plausibility. | |
| 3. | verb | They lurked and lingered for a long time, but survived in little things; for, Nature, far above the evil passions of men, soon recovered Her serenity, and smiled upon the guilty battle-ground as she had done before, when it was innocent. | |
| 4. | verb | Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind. | |
| 5. | verb | The king explained to the being, that only through many years and many mistakes was he able to master such a test. The king faced such adversity his entire life and was underestimated in many a strife. See that is the king's most valuable weapon and allowed the element of surprise and such violence of action to defeat the vile creatures that lurked and hid like cowards. | |
| 6. | verb | 'Or Grecians in these timbers lurk confined, / or 'tis some engine of assault, designed / to breach the walls, and lay our houses bare, / and storm the town. Some mischief lies behind. / Trust not the horse, ye Teucrians. Whatso'er / this means, I fear the Greeks, for all the gifts they bear.' | |
| 7. | verb | In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk. | |
| 8. | verb | 'Or Grecians in these timbers lurk confined, / or 'tis some engine of assault, designed / to breach the walls, and lay our houses bare, / and storm the town. Some mischief lies behind. / Trust not the horse, ye Teucrians. Whatso'er / this means, I fear the Greeks, for all the gifts they bear.' | |
| 9. | verb | In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| A thief lurked in the dark doorway. | |
| Pervasive and pernicious deviations from both fact and logical validity lurked behind a meretricious plausibility. | |
| They lurked and lingered for a long time, but survived in little things; for, Nature, far above the evil passions of men, soon recovered Her serenity, and smiled upon the guilty battle-ground as she had done before, when it was innocent. | |
| Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind. | |
| The king explained to the being, that only through many years and many mistakes was he able to master such a test. The king faced such adversity his entire life and was underestimated in many a strife. See that is the king's most valuable weapon and allowed the element of surprise and such violence of action to defeat the vile creatures that lurked and hid like cowards. | |
| 'Or Grecians in these timbers lurk confined, / or 'tis some engine of assault, designed / to breach the walls, and lay our houses bare, / and storm the town. Some mischief lies behind. / Trust not the horse, ye Teucrians. Whatso'er / this means, I fear the Greeks, for all the gifts they bear.' | |
| In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk. | |
| 'Or Grecians in these timbers lurk confined, / or 'tis some engine of assault, designed / to breach the walls, and lay our houses bare, / and storm the town. Some mischief lies behind. / Trust not the horse, ye Teucrians. Whatso'er / this means, I fear the Greeks, for all the gifts they bear.' | |
| In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk. | |