How to Use lurk in a Sentence

lurk

verb

• She could tell there was someone out there lurking in the shadows.
• And those are just the creatures lurking above the vents.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2023
• The vibe is bright, the riffs are crunchy, but something eerie lurks beneath the song.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2023
• An edge of distaste that lurks in the eyes of all white people.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Giant Isopods, a type of crustacean that lurks in the deep sea.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
• Here are just a few of the things that lurk beneath our covers.
  — Manal Mohammed, CNN, 30 July 2021
• The specter of climate change lurks behind many of the recent events.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 June 2024
• But disaster would still lurk towards the end of the decade.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2021
• Yet over its life lurks the great oversoul: the mother.
  — Naila Moreira, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
• But not all the big crocs were ambush predators that lurked at the water’s edge.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
• Click here to read more from Elaine about the dangers lurking on the AI horizon.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Sep. 2024
• Now Belichick looks to the left, and linebackers coach Jerod Mayo is lurking.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Remember, crumbs don’t lurk in the corners of my kitchen.
  — Sally Schwartz, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• Even if that were to happen, danger will still lurk under the waves.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
• The Children on the Hill takes us on a breathless journey to face the primal fears that lurk within us all.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• Dobrik and his friends lurk outside the room but do not record the encounter itself.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2021
• But Johnson, who won the 2020 Masters with the lowest score in the event’s history, lurks.
  — Alan Blinder, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• The fear of loss, of losing not just the Royals but also the dynasty-in-rising Chiefs, lurks in the minds of many voters.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
• Fears Pakistan could default on its debt have lurked for months.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 12 May 2023
• The questions lurk in the back of many of our minds—and here are the answers, according to two experts Fortune spoke to.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 12 Aug. 2023
• What lurks in the middle of the night along the Mogollon Rim is the stuff of urban legend, folklore, myth and campfire tale.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• The only thing that survived was one copy of the trailer that’s been lurking around the darkest corners of 4Chan.
  — Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• The closer Lena and Mitty get, the more they're forced to confront their pasts and the secrets that lurk just beneath the surface.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
• Your home might be the cleanest on the block, but that doesn't mean there isn't some dirt, grime, or buildup lurking beneath the surface.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
• Doom lurks in every nook and cranny of Richard Rhodes’s home office.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 July 2023
• Binh Dinh bent-toed geckos were found lurking on rocks near a small forest stream at night, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
• But behind the scenes of neutral Switzerland, the secret agents of the world powers are lurking in Davos.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
• While there is still warmth in the direct daytime sunlight of fall, the chill of winter is now lurking in the shadows.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• The dark hearts of black holes lurked, too — regions of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
• And the scammers are lurking, ready to take advantage of the empathetic who want to help.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024