Thesaurus results for LURCHED

lurched

verb

Definition of lurched next

past tense of lurch

as in swayed

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the room lurched with every jolt of the earthquake

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as in staggered

to move forward while swaying from side to side dressed in his zombie costume, the boy lurched down the street in his quest for Halloween candy

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Recent Examples of lurched The big polar bear lurched forward, hitting top speed in two strides. —

Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026 As Matt Woosnam reflected recently, the Premier League’s feel-good story has lurched into night terrors. —

Phil Hay, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 The entire tech industry lurched into motion. —

Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026 The relentless Chacon lurched outside after her just as his car door opened and out popped their 6-year-old son, begging his dad to stop. —

Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026 Suddenly everything lurched and spun and came to a crunching halt in a steep bank of trees. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 Instead of taking a low profile and playing down any claims to Taiwan’s independent status like his more cautious DPP predecessor Tsai Ying-wen, Lai has lurched toward formal independence with a succession of speeches making the case for Taiwanese nationhood. —

Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 The escalator lurched to a halt just after the pair got on. —

Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025 On Halloween of 2022, just weeks into the new school year, senior Ehni Ler Htoo was making his way through the halls of Proctor High School in Utica, New York, when a fellow student lurched at him from behind, repeatedly plunging a 9-inch hunting knife into his back. —

Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025

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And although the proximity to Kongsgaard’s vineyard might have swayed the team to plant Chardonnay, Kaplan was certain that this site is better suited to Cabernet.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
But in reality, many of the messages that may have swayed the powerful regulatory agency to scrap the plan were generated by a platform that is powered by artificial intelligence.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026