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.
lurked
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past participleof lurk.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof lurk.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
lurkverb (used without object)to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively.
Example Sentences
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For behind the humility, résumé, folksy affect and demonstrable legislative mastery has always lurked a little engine of ambition that, like Lincoln’s, “knew no rest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Both suffered outages on Thursday afternoon as Tropical Cyclone Narelle lurked off the coast of Western Australia.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
As the virus made its way over the next few months, and the capital city - along with the rest of the country - remained under a strict shutdown, tragedy lurked at every corner.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
These gloomy thoughts lurked in my subconscious as I gobbled up this entire book over Thanksgiving weekend.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
She could hear so clearly now the insincerity that had always lurked beneath, the hollow, false assurances.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
