Example Sentences

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When the show begins, Baldwin and the dancer Kayvon Pourazar have been lurking at the edges of the stage.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022

The parasite might have been lurking in Angola all along, or it could have hitched a ride in a person or a dog from another country.

From Nature • Sep. 29, 2019

These big shoulders have been lurking around for a while.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2019

It is hard to believe the same “wildman” could have been lurking in the woods 28 years later, but the cases were a testament to the fact that anyone could have been in the forest.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2018

He must have been lurking near the back of the men hoisting barrels, because he was struggling to get out from under a rather large man.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin