lurking

/ ˈlɜːkɪŋ /

adjective

1. lingering and persistent, though unsuspected or unacknowledged

   a lurking suspicion

2. dimly perceived

   a lurking shape half concealed in the shadows

Example Sentences

Scientists are harnessing mRNA and other vaccine technologies to train the immune system to track down cancer cells lurking around the body.

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They crept into his home en masse, climbing through the air-conditioning units, clinging to the window curtains, marching down the wall, trotting across the vaulted ceiling, lurking in the gloom of the basement.

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With that, he doesn’t see a bear market in stocks, nor a recession lurking.

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The sinister figure lurking in the drama is Bernard Faÿ, a French writer and enthusiast of things American, whom Stein and Toklas had befriended in Paris.

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said Gillespie was using a pseudonym and “lurking online to access children.”

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