lurch
noun
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
was lurching
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past progressiveof lurch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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During the season’s first couple of weeks, Muncy realized he was lurching forward on his swings in an effort to keep the ball down.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
Around the same time Mr. Carlson was promoting the notion of a South African ethnic cleansing, Fox was lurching through a post-Ailes rebuilding of its human resources organization.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
What Reagan had called “the evil empire” was collapsing, and the Soviet Union was lurching toward dissolution.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2018
Venezuela was lurching from one crisis to another even before Chávez succumbed to cancer in 2013.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2017
His hands were trembling and his heart was lurching painfully.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
