lurk
verb (used without object)
to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively.
had lurked
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past perfectof lurk.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Corker had lurked around the Capitol all day but had not yet cast a ballot.
From Fox News ● Dec. 25, 2018
He showed us the danger areas where the Shape had lurked in that suburban haven: the stairs, the couch in the living room, the quiet street, the house where the story had been born.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2018
Dennett had lurked off to the side, stolid and silent, but he now launched into an argument about perspective.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 20, 2017
They had lurked beneath Olympic's greens for decades, their hunger for grass roots stifled by a chemical developed specifically to battle them.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 7, 2012
That dastardly cat had lurked in the shadows by the door.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
