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.
were lurking
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past progressiveof lurk.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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Additional downpours and a few thunderstorms were lurking offshore of Houston.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
I felt like pathogens were lurking on every bag of frozen peas.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2020
Ahead of them, Oosthuizen and Xander Schauffele were lurking at even par.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2020
He paused to smile before mentioning players who were lurking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2018
Nhamo poked around the edge with a stick, but even after she had satisfied herself that no scorpions were lurking, she couldn’t bring herself to carve.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
