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 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

In pursuit of tamales, I have lurked outside Catholic churches after Spanish Mass and chased down ladies pushing blue coolers in shopping carts along the street.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016

That story is probably apocryphal, but rodents, insects and other creatures could have lurked in toilets and invaded homes.

From Nature • May 23, 2016

Carrados turned to his desk and the ghost of a smile might possibly have lurked about his face.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest