lurch
noun
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
lurchingly
-
a word derived from
lurch.
Example Sentences
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The movie advances, lurchingly, toward Ali’s recognition that this power may prove useful at work.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 7, 2019
The narrative moves lurchingly, with frequent inter-queen crosscuts that call attention to the choppy structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2018
Amazed, incredulous, forgetting for an instant the field-glasses in his hand, he stared blankly from under squinting lids at the incredible object that crawled lurchingly through the shimmering, glittering desert atmosphere.
From Shoe-Bar Stratton by George W. Gage
And the assistant lurchingly stuffed his stakes away.
From Lin McLean by Owen Wister
It lumbers along, lurchingly with stress, at a snail's pace; noted of all the world.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
