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.
have lurked
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present perfectof lurk.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Originally conceived as a shadowy counterpoint to the Age of Enlightenment’s sunny rationality, Gothic novels have lurked the literary gloom for over 250 years.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
The book’s title – Hell Is Round the Corner – is taken from a track on Maxinquaye, and it aptly describes a life in which violence and tragedy have lurked beside every success story.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2019
The scarlet avengers turn out to have lurked beneath our feet, biding their time and waiting to emerge, like flowers of evil, into the sun.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 22, 2019
That story is probably apocryphal, but rodents, insects and other creatures could have lurked in toilets and invaded homes.
From Nature ● May 23, 2016
The preparations for the wedding went on gaily, and whatever inclination to revolt may have lurked in George Fairfax's breast, he made no sign.
From The Lovels of Arden by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
