lurch
noun
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
had lurched
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past perfectof lurch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The same Notts County who had lurched from one relegation battle to the next and failed to muster a top-half finish in League Two since 2005.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2022
"Blow the safe." The president had lurched into a colossal confrontation with the press, which didn’t much like him anyway.
From US News ● Aug. 8, 2014
Roger Milla was in semi-retirement playing in Reunion when the call came for him to rescue a Cameroon squad that had lurched from crisis to crisis in the build-up to the 1990 World Cup.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2014
Then wolves arrived in the late 1940s by crossing an ice bridge from Canada, and began to bring balance to an ecosystem that had lurched out of control.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2013
The chaplain did not dare raise his eyes until the closed car had lurched from the area and the speeding wheels were whining on the bumpy blacktop road.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
