lurch
noun
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
are lurching
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present progressiveof lurch.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Global financial markets might look like they are lurching from one problem to the next.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Meanwhile the Caliente Range — those mountains just to the west — are lurching the opposite way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Young Britons fear they are lurching from crisis to crisis as they confront rising costs and a slowing economy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Parts of the world are lurching from drought to deluge.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
It feels like we are lurching from one disaster to another: as wildfires blaze across part of the country, a hurricane swamps a different area—and all this happens as a pandemic continues to rage.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
