英语词汇“lurch”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

They lurched so wildly around the parlor that Mother feared for the very pictures on the wall. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her body jounced painfully against his chest with every lurching step. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dr. Begbie hit the gas too hard and the Jeep lurched forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I watched the world revolve as the car spun around and lurched back to the highway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Derek’s body lurched beneath him and dropped back, the raft took the blow, flexed, gave, but held together; and Brian started one clear thought: we made it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Flora felt her heart lurch inside of her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I can run faster than you drive,” she said, and was so exasperated she suddenly lurched forward and stomped her foot down over mine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the same time he tapped the green button and the Berg lurched off the ground, the sound of thrusters filling the air like the roar of angry lions. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I see a gun on the tile near a drinking fountain and lurch toward it, breaking my grip on Matthew’s hand. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a lurch that Mark felt in his back, then a squeal, then the continued slow wrenching sound as the door started opening once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I heard the truck motor start; a second later the floor lurched beneath me. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled hard to the right, forcing a sudden lurch as Nergal shot past me, his spear tip shredding the side of the chariot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The corpse lay in state for another five minutes and then, without warning or ceremony, lurched to his feet and casually strolled off in search of his own meal. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

With a couple of dozen drunken men at a time lurching across it, the catwalk bucked and heaved and swayed like a tormented snake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The train lurches and sways around the bend, slowing as it approaches a red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched Brooklyn pass as the achingly slow city bus lurched ahead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The moment the two of them were out of sight, Chubs and I both lurched forward, pushing through the circle of kids that closed around Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I lurch my way toward the riverbank, using tree trunks to keep me upright, till I make it to the dock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His voice lurched like a dog on its lead. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you take him to your house?” you’d said while it lurched around on your kitchen floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dorothy took one look, grabbed her mouth, and lurched out the door, her ponytail flying. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t go home, but went straight to the sanctuary, lurching up the road in a borrowed Jeep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We lurched about holding beer cartons in our hands, mimicking the many drunken men and women we saw stagger out of shebeens. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grinning, Damon gave the horse a lick across the rump with his whip, and the old stot whinnied and lurched into motion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just then the fish gave a sudden lurch that pulled the old man down onto the bow and would have pulled him overboard if he had not braced himself and given some line. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a lurch in his stomach, Pong saw a trio of police at the building's entrance, surveying the crowd and checking bags and satchels as people wandered inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The train jolts forward, slowly, lurching as the couplings tighten. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Some hinted that he meant merely to sail back by Hosk to the Inmost Sea, leaving them in the lurch; others, among them Pechvarry, held that he had gone mad, and sought death. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Moss watched a tall, lanky kid lurch forward and grab for the handhold that was attached to the wall just above Moss’s bike. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She smiled at Harry as the teams faced each other behind their captains, and he felt a slight lurch in the region of his stomach that he didn’t think had anything to do with nerves. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The cart lurched along behind her, the driver hooting at sailors and slaves alike to clear the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I lurched past them and took the stairs down two at a time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

‘And the medications weren’t covered by my plan! And -’ The snake lurched as Leo connected the last two wires. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With a lurching squeal, the heavy metal slab swung open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In her dizziness, the nook lurched and rocked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We splash forward, following the innkeeper's lurching, splayfooted stride. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Matthew’s Noise is already lurching on me like hands pressing in, forcing its way into my own thinking, trying to ransack the room. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But then, the plane gave a funny lurch, like nothing I had ever felt before, and without thinking, I opened my eyes and glanced out the window. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach gave me a funny little lurch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a massive bike with a busted chain—but they lurched forward. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It tilted, and the bus lurched upward so fast I fell back and crashed against something soft. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As it was hit, the Porsche must have lurched forward and rammed into the sign. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then from behind the workshop came, in a sort of lurching limp, a shape the size of a large dog, but hunched and heavy in the shoulders, which stood and stared at them directly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I clench the armrests as the plane lurches into motion. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly at first, the water monster lurched forward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They keep dropping closer and closer all round us; still we cannot leave the grub in the lurch. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A swift rigidity fell on all of them as James lurched one step forward into a crouch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He lurched and opened his mouth; I thought he was going to throw up again, but he fired off a wet burp that made my skin crawl. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Roaring, he came lurching to his feet, throwing the thing violently aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then Fern lurched across my lap and punched Vonetta in the arm. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Harley was helping Helen Jean get out, and the sudden lurch threw her against him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those two men still held their ropes fast around the bollards, and the balloon lurched sickeningly sideways. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to knee him in the groin, and he reacts by lurching forward, pressing up against me, pushing me back against the side of the car, and leaving my knee no leverage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her body lurched forward and then backward, again and again, as she struggled to make a decision. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then, in a jarring, disorienting lurch, Taisin felt Mona’s hand on her, shaking her, calling her name, and she awoke on the floor of the cottage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Water filled Harry’s eyes and mouth: He could not see or breathe: Then, with an awful lurch, the cart flipped over and they were all thrown out of it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes, the freight train gave a sudden lurching that flung her backward. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God!” said Mom, lurching forward in her seat. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I felt the car turn right and begin lurching forward along a bumpy, unpaved road. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As Wynn’s Chevy lurched to a stop, he pushed a few buttons and a slide guitar intro began for what I could only guess was Brent Chisholm’s duet with Momma. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We dare not show a light so we lurch along and are often almost pitched out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the plane lurched slightly to the right and Brian looked at the pilot He was rubbing his shoulder again and there was the sudden smell of body gas in the plane. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments, the audio lurched on with a jerky, garbled sound. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On all sides the cliffs were alive with this evil collection of crawling, looming, creeping, lurching shapes. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the donkey did finally stop, it was so abruptly that my hermanitas lurched forward and caught themselves against the rails in order not to fall off. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the end, though, cursing his old bones and grunting like a hungry pig, he succeeded, the backhoe lurched forward, and as it did Amarante’s floppy hat jolted off his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a roar of the big motor, the bus lurched through the intersection, missing a dump truck by inches. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Felicia collapses on her mother’s lap, sending the swing lurching crazily, and wails to the heavens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

X-Ray yelled an obscenity out his window, then lurched out of the parking lot and into traffic. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mouth dry, stomach lurching, Harry sprang after him, trying not to make a sound. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Viola lurches back but she don’t let go and I go tumbling into the boat on top of her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was a lurch, and we started off. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The citadel’s sickening lurch, the helpless silk-on-mesarthium glide down the seraph’s slick palm, flailing wildly for something to hold on to and finding nothing, and then...falling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

All seven boats lurched off the line together. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was jerked left, wrenched right, yanked up, and lurched down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His dæmon howled and lurched forward, slipping and falling flat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Grawp came lurching around the corner of the castle; only now did Harry realize that Grawp was, indeed, an undersized giant. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One smote Frodo between the shoulders and he lurched forward with a cry, letting go his paddle: but the arrow fell back, foiled by his hidden coat of mail. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cars lurch forward and Otto jumps in next to his wife. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I bent to take my shoes off, my stomach lurched, my vision tunneled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be talking to himself about how hard life was in Russia, and then he lurched out of the room. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

That was the way my mind lurched and stumbled, among the sharp R's and T's, sliding over the ovoid vowels as if on pebbles. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lurched with a strength he didn’t know he had, throwing the pilot off his body. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As the train coughed, lurched, and began to pull away, boys hanging from the windows shouted farewells: “Good-bye, Mom!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I kept expecting her to scream, until finally the car lurched and I was able to free my left arm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding on to the truck’s side, Lupita watched as they lurched to the next intersection. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon the train lurched and we were away. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The train lurches and an involuntary cry goes up from the whole carload trying to keep their balance. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man’s head jerks up, with a start, and he puts his foot down on the gas, lurching them across the intersection. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Two more shots came from the thick brush and Aymo, as he was crossing the tracks, lurched, tripped and fell face down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In what seemed like no time, a man walked up and climbed onto the horse, flicked its reins, and we lurched into juddering motion. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was already primed for fear and felt his skin prickle all over and a lurch in his stomach. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then you stop and the world lurches into regular shape. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I reached up and tugged the yellow cord, and the bus hadn’t even stopped before we were running to the front, lurching and swaying with that giant hunk of metal. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Seven’s heart gave an awful lurch as the two friends looked at each other with delight. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now, he was paying the penalty for too little sleep and no study—trying to read a lousy geography lesson on a lumbering lurching bus, the morning light dazzling on the white page. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a lurching wave in the pit of my stomach. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Brian Johnson opened the season with a fifteen-yard run off the right side through a gaping hole to the Permian 47, lurching forward for every possible extra inch. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie ignored the way thinking of Tad made his stomach lurch, and he finished tying the final knot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The huge door of the Berg lurched into motion with a thump and a squeal, giving Mark an excuse not to respond. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A huge sand flea, heavy as a pebble, jumped first onto my chest and then onto my cheek, and I lurched upward, batting it away before it could bite me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Pong had never thought about escaping Namwon before, but now the opportunity lurched up like a mudskipper and slapped him across the face with its tail. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Gathering up my gown, I ran down the curved drive as fast as I could, lurching and slipping and filled with joy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Shawn lurched back to the shop, shaking his head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Hospital?” said Ralph; and even before all the syllables were out of his mouth, the car lurched ahead, so responsive that Ralph was thrown against the seat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choir lurched and stumbled somewhere near the proper melody. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But when he touched the skin of her elbow, she lurched from him, stumbled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He dropped to the ground at once and sprang through the dashing sleet toward the sergeant, who had lurched forward to try and catch the falling floodlight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not,” I say quickly, but I feel my stomach lurching. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mike went back into Brill, Brill went back into three others, and then they were all lurching and howling backward into the lunch counter. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

First they plunge around in the dark, shuffling and cursing, grabbing up leaves and sticks, lurching, stumbling all over the place because of the liquor they have been drinking, Their breath. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My head spins, my stomach lurches; I don’t know where to go. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Just when it looked like we’d left some pursuers behind, another three or four would lurch out of the water like the unearthed remains of prehistoric monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Harry turned to look at her and his stomach gave a weird lurch as though he had missed a step going downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

George’s stomach lurched when there was another sniffle and a snort, followed by the words, “Oh, Charlotte, I miss you so,” and snickers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

One woman lurched at the sight, grabbed Amari’s arm, and squeezed it so tightly that she left marks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with one small lurch he could break it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deeper and deeper amongst the graves he went, and every time he reached a new headstone he felt a little lurch of apprehension and anticipation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was halfway down it when I saw the hulking form of someone lurching toward me, hooded lantern in hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Percy lurched awake in cold gray daylight, rain falling on his face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The revelers lurched a few feet sideways and back. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was going smoothly until the saw suddenly lurched forward and sliced right through three of the robot’s fingers! The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She turned away and opened her mouth to speak, but before she could, the ship lurched to one side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The truck lurches forward and back a few times before plowing ahead. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He lurched a little, looked down at the blood on his clothes and up at Pilate, and licking his lips, backed all the way to the side of the house under Pilate’s gaze. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead, Angus Harper appeared to be flying on vapors—barely sputtering, lurching and jerking forward. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Why,” she says, lurching through the French, “would my brother have a miniature reproduction of this house?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We drive on smooth concrete until the driver turns off the highway to lurch over dirt roads. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a second it felt like it was working, but then I lurched too far. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Once the villagers were all linked, a white face pulled the first person with a rope, and those linked to him lurched forward as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard the whip snap and the buckboard lurch forward, I looked back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus hisses and coughs as we move out into traffic, but it does not jolt and lurch like The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A freerider in a faded blue cloak lurched to his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him to shut up, but before I could say anything Charles lurched abruptly to the side, to clear his shot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A leg broke, and the table lurched and toppled onto its side. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I force myself toward the shadow of the Serran Range, but every time I reach the end of the battlefield, I feel the lurch and see the bodies spread out before me yet again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She stares at a bus lurching across the road. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The little craft lurched and strained in the turbid air, but she held the course firm, and her dæmon guided her down to land on the terrace. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Every time she closed her eyes, something made her sway and lurch as if she were at the brink of a precipice, and she snapped awake, tense with fear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hamza’s legs give occasional lurches, strange spasms that ease his dead weight in my arms. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they lurched into the deeper water they began to row diagonally upstream, against the current, the way Velutha had taught them to. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad lurched back inside and slumped into his easy chair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wedged among mattresses, bed frames, chests, tables, and stacks of cardboard boxes, a big golden dog panted and lurched around, excited by the smells of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just before ten in the morning, the city was hit by a sudden sideways lurch now estimated at magnitude 9.0 and shaken ferociously for seven full minutes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before we even got off campus, Lara was lurching helplessly whenever Alaska took hard turns, so I took Alaska’s advice and wrapped my arms around Lara’s waist. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Finally the elevator lurched to a halt, and he pushed the mirrored door open. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Neither knew how to drive and when the police saw the truck lurch and jerk along Myrtle Avenue they pulled it over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then, as if moved by a sudden impulse, he lurched forward and kissed her on the cheek. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Thomas realized with a sickening lurch that he had no idea how old he was. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I shouted, and then I had to lurch aside as two fetterlings snapped at my wrists. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

So far he had not lurched off to the woods to retch, but he had not so much as glanced at the dead men either. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The men waited until he was gone; then Shady and Jinx lurched away from the open grave, gasping for air. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Off balance, the second man lurched into the first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He turned and lurched away, padding so swiftly across the freezing ground that Lyra couldn’t keep up, even running. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart lurched when voices pounded from the other end. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He lurched to his feet and strode off unsteadily to find his father. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The carriage lurched as it turned away fromthe wharves and began the ascent up the steep road into Seatown proper. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But his stomach lurched as the car swung in an arc, the metal grinding and the light spinning. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The lurch pushes us farther out into the river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A flash of fire, a lurching recoil, and near the vessel, a mighty splash. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mark lurched forward but caught himself before he fell. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At nine o'clock, one morning late in July Gatsby's gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three noted horn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The porter got up to make his rounds I didn’t see him no more, but when the train lurched to a stop, I was already by the door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dragonwings, its wings waving over either side of the wagon, lurched forward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see them.”He does this weird, rhythmic pantomime of swimming, followed by this side-to-side shoulder lurch/butt scoot combo. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I nodded my head so vigorously in affirmation that I lurched forward, nearly pitching over. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nina batted at her hair and clothes as she lurched through the snow, trying not to retch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then I stand up, pretend to stumble, and lurch toward the closest soldier. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Please ...” The plane lurched again, hit more turbulence, and Brian felt the nose drop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just a few days into the season, the ground under Joe positively lurched. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Russell lurched backward into the kitchen table with his half; Piper lurched backward in the opposite direction, and with nothing to stop him, sailed right through the cellar doorway and down the cellar steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the light changed and the tank lurched forward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Rishi sat up, ignoring the lurching of stomach acid and the slow roll of the wave of nausea washing over him, and grabbed her wrists. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They pack the trunk quickly, and climb in, but the car has not gone a foot before it lurches forward with a horrible hobble. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They were out in the open now, out of the cathedral, lurching after us, invisible to all but me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The merry-go-round lurched through one final round, and finally the figures shuddered to a sickening halt. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His head was swimming, his stomach lurching, but he didn’t move. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The plane kept lurching down suddenly, as if it would fall out of the sky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moon Boy lurched about the hall on stilts making mock of everyone, while Ser Dontos chased serving girls on his broomstick horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then, ducking, he swung himself through the door just as the train lurched forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He drew on die hand that clutched the drinking horn, figuring to give them a shot to talk about, but Todric spoiled it by lurching to one side just as he loosed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The gun lurched up, down, right and left. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The minivan lurched to the right as he spun around in his seat and turned the wheel with him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The bus lurched to a stop, and we were all forced to stay deathly still as the camp gate slid shut behind us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My heart lurched to life, pounding against my rib cage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When Ned's horse lurched back to its feet, he tried to rise, only to fall again, choking on his scream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The inner tube lurches, sloshes, and bounces along. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The wagon suddenly lurched to one side, the horse snorting and neighing as it pulled at the reins. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the lurching spine of The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

As she moved in his direction his heart lurched before freezing altogether in his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it picked up speed, wheels squealing, lurching from one side of the narrow street to the other. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He staggered to his feet, lurched to the door, kicking it, battering himself against it with what little strength remained to him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He flapped the lines on Queenie’s broad back and the surrey lurched into motion. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a parent is absent, you’re left in the lurch of not knowing, and it’s so easy to fill that space with negative thoughts. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The train lurched and we were off again, the boys taunting us and throwing more snowballs at us as we left. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room sways, and then twists, and I lurch to the side, brushing my fingertips on the ground to steady myself. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the train lurched forward, causing us to lose our balance and pile on top of one another. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The man-trip lurched and we were off, plunging down what seemed an endless black tunnel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was discomfiting to observe how Kimberly lurched, keen to do the right thing and not knowing what the right thing was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s office gave an almighty lurch — Harry was thrown forward and pitched headfirst into the substance inside the basin — But his head did not hit the stone bottom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She broke into a run, glancing back just quickly enough to see the thing lurch off the wall and stumble to the ground. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He took a lurching swing across the room. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Twisting awkwardly, the Frenchman lurched up on his hands and knees. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm could hear Lyra crying, not with shrill fear but with a steady note of complaint at the cold and the wet and the incessant lurching of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even though I liked seeing you feel happy and valued, my stomach gave a tiny lurch as you and Arul smiled at each other. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I begin to lurch and quake at the thought of killing another human. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The bus lurched, and the girl rocked back to keep from falling. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Come over here,” she said, and he did, though she still asserted only partial control, allowing him to fight against her at every step so that he came lurching and stumbling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He caught the next cut on his shield, then lurched back to his feet and drove Arron across the yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The cargo plane that Alex had seen when he arrived rumbled down the runway and lurched into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

My heart lurched frantically, and I, too, glanced toward the porch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Hello, hello,” he sang, lurching inside and shedding his jacket in the same fashion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Polly could feel each bump and jolt of the road beneath her as the wooden wheels lurched over each uneven place in the dirt or gouged hole left by other wagons. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monster pushed against the Argo II. The deck lurched to forty-five degrees. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach lurched, an appetizer before the full portion of heartache I had a feeling was going to be served at some point soon. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lurched so hard, I almost fell back into their china cabinet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as I saw the rotten pilings jutting out of the water, the events of last April tumbled forward in my mind and my stomach lurched. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We both lurch forward a little bit as Wilf snaps the rein on his oxen. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When they reached the beach, the entire island lurched sickeningly beneath them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I lurch back onto my knees and the trees around me begin to spin in circles. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt a lurch in his stomach and clenched his muscles against it; but it only lasted a few moments, and then the aircraft settled on the ground. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe he thought I was right behind him, or maybe he'd left me in the lurch. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But then, incredibly, he stood up, waved that he was O.K., and started lurching toward Camp Four, which, at the moment was in plain sight, 500 feet beyond. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some people prowl along the edges, but others walk right in the middle, in lurching groups, bottles swinging from their hands. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he come to that realization than he heard a sudden crack, loud as thunder, the deck lurched beneath him, and he slid back down into the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The broken bone was speckled with brown blood, but still he lurched forward, reaching for Young Griff. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He said something to the driver, and the cab lurched into the uptown traffic. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amarante Cordova lurched into view, staggering—it appeared—from the weight of his archaic six-gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s exactly when the driver’s side of the car lurched downward sharply and the axle struck against something hard, with a grating, metallic clang. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With a low cry, I pushed him away and lurched back into the wall of sunflowers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The instant she was settled, the bus lurched and pulled away. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Hey!" the friar shouts, lurching to his feet and gathering his brown robes around him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her stomach lurched, and she pressed her face against the glass. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In desperation I clutched my head and attempted to rise, but I only managed to lurch about dizzily in the direction of the brazier. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The machine jolted into gullies, lurched and coughed; Amarante bounced out of his seat, clinging for dear life; fence posts splintered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not possibly know how painfully my heart lurched. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The train lurches forward, the cars jerking as the engine pulls the slack from their couplings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His hands were trembling and his heart was lurching painfully. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The trains lurched off with the guards watching anxiously from the windows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I got the A train at Chambers Street and stood as it lurched up to 125th. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Joe lurched about ten steps ahead, and, bending over with a hand braced against either knee, he erupted. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What does that lurch in my stomach mean? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At last there was a sound of voices outside; the truck lurched, skidding on an ice-patch, and set off again. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lurches forward, knocking me back, and the gun flies out of my hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Bus roared on, wildly lurching and bounding. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run after him, but the ship lurched again—and then I saw Charybdis. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she unlatched the chain, Papa Will’s huge six-foot-four-inch-tall frame lurched forward into the room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Eyes wide, Mrs. B lurched forward, her messy bun falling over to one side. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His car lurched so violently that he briefly thought of jumping off to save himself. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Another loud thud, a lurch, my mother screaming, “Tyler!” from the front seat, and a final violent jolt before everything stopped and silence set in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The train’s brakes squeal, and we all lurch forward as the car slows. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The woman in front of me lurches to the right, losing her balance, and then erupts into giggles as she falls against the man next to her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Twice, when the train lurched, he sat up, looking around fiercely. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok dropped her grip on him and lurched back, nearly tripping over a mass of blankets and bones. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She was almost close enough to touch the wheel when Biter lurched to his feet and grabbed for her, his irons clanking and rattling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The entire Berg lurched and plunged toward the ground, the windows of the cockpit suddenly full of greenery. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The fat man exploded with such an exceedingly indelicate phrase that my stomach lurched. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After a while he hauled himself up, lurched inside, and reported to his wife through clenched teeth that he’d injured himself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I yank my hand from between her teeth, my vision going black at the edges, and with a lurch, smack my hand around the handle of the gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hina clearly wants more juicy details, wants to know which boy I prefer, but even getting near that thought makes my stomach lurch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Gibraltar,” Miles said, then he lurched out of his seat and made it to the trash can in time to be violently ill. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was racing headlong down the serpentine steps when a man lurched out of a hidden doorway. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When he catches sight of me, he trips and lurches forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He found his feet again and lurched to the rail, and then he was fighting, staggering and splashing across crooked decks awash with water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As usual, the train lurches hard from side to side. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I run toward him, and the ground lurches to the side, so I almost fall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, something hit his side of the car with the force of a charging bull, sending him lurching sideways into Ron, just as an equally heavy blow hit the roof. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have believed the screams could get any louder, but they did, and when she saw why, her hearts—or the memory of them—gave a lurch of savage hope. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then the cart began to move, lurching as the bullocks got awkwardly into rhythm, and I was sick. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to plant his feet at the threshold, but it only lasted for a split second; the pole sent him into the Maze with a lurch. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The squirrel lurched left and made a desperate leap up onto my clean laundry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to wrench the axe free and lurch clumsily out of the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Noah made a chucking sound to the horse, and the wagon lurched onto the dirt road. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bit by bit, with short but steady lurches, we get the cart to the front of the store, and into one of the snaking checkout lines. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There’s new magic in every sidewalk crack, in the traffic rush, in the lurch of beggars on the corner. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He entered his territory without intruding into mine, only causing the boat to lurch to one side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He licks his bottom lip and the gesture, so familiar, makes my heart lurch. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The enormity of this balancing act hit me all at once, made my stomach lurch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Let’s burn her at the stake,” he said huskily, abruptly lurching forward to stub out his cigarette. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A van lurched by, with schoolchildren in uniform hanging out the windows. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

An eighth grader in a football jersey lurches against my side, and I mumble an apology a split second after he’s gone. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At last, with a final lurch, the train came to a complete halt. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The view induces the opposite of vertigo, a lurching feeling inspired not by gravity’s pull to earth, but by the infinite reaches of heaven. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Kyril Montana lurched his car forward and hit the animal; it toppled over with a surprised squeal, scrambled quickly to its feet, and lumbered bluntly off the road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got in the car muttering obscenities, floored the gas, and the car lurched forward. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The dizziness strikes you like a thunderclap, everything lurches, moves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The signs had been there since he could walk, and he perfected the more distasteful aspects of his personality as he lurched into manhood and assumed his responsibilities. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach lurched, blood came pounding to my head, I felt myself going dizzy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The farmer brought the whip down with all his strength, and the wagon lurched forward. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra suddenly felt her stomach lurch, for Lord Asriel had taken the stopper from the decanter of Tokay, and was pouring a glass. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

This time it pulls forward with a bigger lurch. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, in the silence, Bigwig lurched to his feet, swayed a moment, tottered a few steps toward Fiver and fell again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we lurched down National Highway 3, my back felt wrenched already. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He lurched to the window and crawled through it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Father cracked the reins on the backside of Red Rabbit, and with a lurch the wagon set off. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up; he swayed and the room lurched. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then the hunter suddenly lurched and twisted as he tried to rip the rifle away from his target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Another scream, this one long and nerve-grinding, tore through the air and Thomas’s heart lurched. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I lurch toward the opposite windowsill just as the ladder slips off. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The docking itself went well, with just a slight bump as Columbia nudged Eagle, but then Eagle gave a wild lurch and for a couple of seconds I thought we might have real trouble. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about my sour, shaky stomach that lurched between feeling starving and feeling pukey. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I blink and lurch to the side as the room dips and sways. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The shreds he let trickle gleefully off his hand onto the ground, then he smugly tipped his cowboy hat to Bernabe with his invisible arm and lurched jubilantly back into the bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to leave Sien in the lurch. If I don’t have her I’ll be broken, and then I would also be broken in my work and everything else.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The sight of her made him lurch up, knocking both officers backward, but just for a moment. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I lurched back a bit, caught myself on the gatepost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bus shimmies and shakes and finally lurches forward. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the car lurched over the snow he lifted his eyes and saw black people upon the snow-covered sidewalks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

From off on the right, his heavy bulbous body lurching dangerously on the spindly legs which barely supported him, came the Overbearing Know-it-all, talking continuously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius knocked over another table as he and the cockatoo lurched forward. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground drops off below in a rocky lurch. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Now when he hits the gas, we lurch forward, making sawdust of the little tree, and careen away from the school, leaving gawking people, and frustrated soldiers who don’t seem to be following us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My heart lurches as I see the long line in front of me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the truck lurched over a bridge across the Nenana River, Alex looked down at the swift current and remarked that he was afraid of the water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach lurches and I fling open the car door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Another of the young toughs lurched toward Lieutenant Washington, aiming to bring him down with an axe handle. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The entire boat lurched sideways, throwing monsters off their feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the leg of Nancy’s sweatpants and pulled, and Nancy lurched sideways, and then Jaime pulled the other way, and Nancy lurched to the other side. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hopped down the back of the truck and lurched to the dusty embankment on the side of the road. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great roar from the motorbike, and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurch: He was rising through the air fast, his eyes watering slightly, hair whipped back off his face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The plane lurched upward buoyantly with the lightened load. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She lurched toward the woman, but her leg chains got twisted and she stumbled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, agonizingly slowly, she lurched toward them, a cleaver in her hand and a smile upon her face. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her stomach lurched as she leaped from the ledge and into the stars, praying they’d catch her as she fell. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the mummy lurched into camp, Burleson realized that it was none other than Beck Weathers, somehow risen from the dead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And overhead, with a sickening lurch, the citadel of the Mesarthim came loose from the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m hanging by my fingertips when the train lurches once again, swinging my legs off to the side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The car lurched and stalled several times on the way home. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a lurch Rishi realized his brain was also diverting blood flow to other parts of his body. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She followed the conductor down the aisle, staggering from side to side as the train lurched to a stop. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Ahead of us, the caravan lurches out of the way, and the pent-up crowd surges forward. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I somehow managed to lurch over to the door and open the window to try to get some fresh air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He suddenly lurches forward, grips the boy’s wrist, and all in one motion, twists his arm behind his back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He nodded to the orchestra, which lurched into a kind of wheezing carnival music. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The piano jerked out of our hands, sending us lurching forward, and bounced into the house, splintering the door frame. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch it!” cried Miss Spider, as the room gave another violent lurch. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels spun, one moment, two—the car lurched forward and backward, and her mother swore even more colorfully, and then they were free. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

With her hands tied behind her, Tally lurched into the brush off-balance, tumbling to the ground as her bare feet caught on something in the dense vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Conor asked, as the hospital lurched into view down the road. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

We find seats, and the T lurches forward. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He shot up and lurched over to the pegs at the door to grab his sweatshirt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’m daydreaming, staring out the open door at the sky when the brakes start their piercing shriek and everything lurches forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately the Attendant is providing the wrong kind of spectacle, because the shambler lurches off the stage and after the trio in the aisle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mikey’s hand goes faster in his pocket, so fast the spout gives a lurch and collapses and Mikey is rolling on the ground yelping, I’m dead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Groaning, Tyrion lurched to his feet and pushed his way outside, shouting for his squire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pokes my arm, and my stomach sort of lurches. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The truck came to an abrupt halt and lurched forward all at once. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I mumbled an apology, headed for the door, and lurched back to Freemans step van. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creatures lurched after Roza—attacking her or trying to help her, she couldn’t tell. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wrap a scarf around my neck to cover the K and lurch from my room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jemmy settled himself as best he could, and the coach lurched forward. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boy kept his head down and seemed to be in a hurry, though he wasn’t running in a normal way; it was more of a wobbly lurch. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ship lurched just as Mark shoved the man’s hips through the open space, his muscles tensed as he pushed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His stomach lurched up into the back of his throat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His stomach was sensitive to the slightest movement and the lurching of the bus caused strange reactions in his body. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mixed with someone’s perfume and the stale airplane air, the smell makes my stomach lurch. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The road to Jalalabad is a two- hour trek through mountain roads winding along a steep drop, and my stomach lurched with each hairpin turn. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then his injured foreleg gave way and he lurched sideways against the wall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lurched forward and caught her before she could hit the edge of the table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But today, as Roli lurches around the puddles in our driveway, I see there’s even bigger trouble at home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The minivan lurched to a stop, throwing all four of us forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The train lurches forward and we pull out of Thirtieth Street Station. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a lurch the train moved off, its lights glimmering away through the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as if that was too affectionate sounding: “You can’t just leave Ted in the lurch.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Randolph’s toe hit a high corner, and he lurched forward. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’d arrive there panting, and the car would lurch as he jumped in. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with a lurching heart, I realized what it was: a dead man swinging from a crossroads gallows. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a lurch in my stomach and I glanced at Jaja. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dragonwings lurched forward, bumped, stopped, and lurched forward again, like some great lumbering beast coughing to itself as it got up out of bed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got on, and the bus lurched ahead. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

As the lamplight fell across George’s head, Ginny gasped and Harry’s stomach lurched: One of George’s ears was missing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At lunch recess, Doug Swieteck’s brother lurched across the field, sixth graders scurrying out of his way as if he was a southwest wind about to blister them all over. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Or slip my feet into the hollow casts of feet and lurch in like something from a mad scientist movie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we tried to help him, he cursed and lurched at us, swinging his fist. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It drove the breath from him and sent him lurching backwards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I had started to climb over the middle seats to tell them that much when Chubs lurched forward, throwing Liam onto his back without touching him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Too many thoughts crowded her head, and all of them were tainted with the image of that shadow creature lurching toward her and the golden shrouds’ inhuman laugh. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Shasta, half mad with horror, managed to lurch towards the brute. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he lurched to the left, staggering into the rail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon, a young man came up to her, walking with a sort of sideways lurch. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She got Brooke’s legs, which scrabbled on the ground, grabbed them, got her good shoulder underneath Brooke’s body, and lurched her up and over. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We watched a honeybee lurch from one fat flower to the next, drunk and staggering under the weight of all that botanical destiny. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the car in gear and lurches forward, passing the houses on our lane. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Once Willow was gone, Mai watched as Dell Duke jerked his car out of park, hitting the gas pedal so quickly that the Ford lurched forward like a broken carnival ride. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And each time they dropped her, Gregor’s stomach lurched into his throat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The train lurched, causing Harry to roll over onto his side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The man nodded at me and put the truck in gear, and we lurched into motion. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I could feel it lurch as they climbed inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the awkward animals, the ones with their two-legged lurching and their odd smell, brought her back. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I lurched forward, all strength gone from my muscles. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I ever did! Her going away and leaving you poor dear children in the lurch like that,” said Mrs. Brill, a moment later, bustling in and setting to work on them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Just as she got to her feet in the dark, a second lurch threw her over again. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He lurched and fell aside, pitching across his table. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lurch forward, pulling my hand out of my pocket. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The driver slammed the doors harder than necessary and lurched the bus forward. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed aboard, dropped his token in the coin box and lurched to his seat as the bus moved away from the curb. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms bore the whole weight of me as the metal lurched beneath me and I had to stretch through my toes to balance. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mark turned a corner and lurched down the alley that led back to the Shack, sticking close to the building on his right for a partial shield. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

With every step, the crate tipped and lurched and bounced. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The truck lurched down the goat path, over the bridge and swung south towards El Puerto. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven’s heart lurched at the thought of Thorn fighting the Uncle alone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We lurch forward, narrowly avoiding a gaping hole in the road. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I held tight waiting for the lurch, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stepped out of my crouch, my stomach lurched and sensation ripped back through my body, the sudden pain doubling me over. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still, when the bus lurched forward I fell against his hand and felt his tiny sharp finger-nails scratching at my shirt. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lurch a little, near the fountain, almost fall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was moving slowly, like every step hurt, and Seven’s heart lurched with concern. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Chin high, he staggers across, stumbling on the uneven riverbed, lurching into the hollows, straining against the current. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her toes lost contact with the wall, and her stomach lurched as she felt the pull of her weight and the rope. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then the door slammed shut, and the truck started with a lurch. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Finn’s stomach lurched, and he fought to keep from getting sick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My confidence lurched a little, though none of this was a surprise. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I scream, straining against my chains and lurching forward as far as they will allow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Von Marsh hollered, nearly toppling from the sudden lurch of movement. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lori was lurching around the living room, her eyebrows and bangs all singed off and the smell of burned hair in the air. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His stomach lurched and turned over, and he sat frozen in the dark closet, with only the sound of his air and the thud of his heart. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring at an old lady wearing a straw hat, wondering if the flowers on it were real, and if they were what they would taste like, when the train lurched to a halt. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain seemed to lurch full speed back into life, flooding with milky-white images of the two of us sitting in front his desk, staring at each other as a fire devoured everything around us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Before noon on the ninth day, the sea anchor broke away, and the boat lurched heavily as seas hit her broadside. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A silhouette appeared in the walkway arch, lurching left and right. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I also remember him staggering through the front door and lurching for the couch after closing at the pub. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She rings the bell in the carriage, and the thing lurches forward like it’s drunk on rotgut. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I soon doze off, waking with a lurch when the driver beeps his horn. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was more aware of the forward lurch of the car than I was of my own heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With an awkward lurch of her arm, she jabbed the rod forward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t tell; she was hurled this way and that, crushed onto a hard surface which then began to lurch and bump like a sledge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of knowledge lurched inside him even before his eyes adjusted to the dark interior. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Goose bumps rise on my pale arms, and my stomach lurches. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He lurched forward and she stepped back, only to realize that he was not grabbing for her, he was opening the fridge. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The bird began to struggle, to flap its wings, and as soon as it lurched in its fight to fly, pecking at Genie’s hand, he got scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had young Baby Kochamma’s aching heart on a leash, bumping behind him, lurching over leaves and small stones. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rail was lurching so violently, I could hardly keep hold of it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The van's walls and floor shudder and jerk as if it's alive, and to my shock, as it lurches forward, my body slides around. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Samuel was silent for quite a long time while the buggy lurched down the wheel track toward the dusty valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We start with a lurch, while overhead the siren screams: Make way, make way! The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart lurched and fear took over her body as she stood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The caravan clacked and lurched its way through the forest. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The subway lurches and another wave of people goes out, comes in. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every time Charybdis inhaled, the ship shuddered and lurched forward. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Grey Wind bounded out, one of them dropped his pole and lurched back, stumbling and sitting down abruptly in the river. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He terrified all of us, lurching around the tiny room, cursing in Japanese and swinging his bottles wildly. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It swung its head from side to side and then gave out a low moan and turned and lurched away and loped soundlessly into the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The vision blurred and I instinctively lurched back. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When she stepped into the corridor and heard distant heavy footsteps in the stairwell, she thought of German jackboots, and her stomach lurched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In terrible pain, he took a staggering step off the track, twisted his ankle, then lurched back on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Except sometimes we drive around again after, riding in Brick's car, usually, and cranking the music so loud the thumpa thumpa sets the car lurching on its tires. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stepped left, and the Kaelish lurched forward, carried by his own momentum. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It is a kind of mirror image of swing, and although it hasn't got a name one might call it 'lurch'. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He pushes past me and lurches down the hall to a door. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my heart lurch when she said that. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The ship lurched forward and I was thrown to the deck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the bus lurched forward again, Cara lowered her voice and said, “Can you guys keep a secret?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

As the train lurched to a start, Will tucked himself neatly into an overhead luggage rack and curled into a tight ball, doing his best to rub some warmth into his muddy toes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The chariot rumbled through the strawberry fields, across the volleyball pit, and lurched to a halt in front of the Big House. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The big woman lurched around until she was able to catch each dog by the scruff of the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he allowed himself to be pulled along as they lurched over the black crevice to the next floe, Hazel conscious of how clumsy she must look. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She took a lurching step forward, propping her weight on her one front leg, and looked at Malcolm for a moment more before turning and loping clumsily back into the shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tyrion lurched to his feet, driving his head into the horse's belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But before he could speak, he gave a gasp, made a choking lurch, and clutched his breast, and she knew the same thing was happening to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wonder what he made that lurch for, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy,” she called up as it lurched away from the curb, “I’m going to leave the porch door open!” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She would lurch out of dark corners; houses with crazy girls have locked rooms and drawn curtains. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the bus finally lurches to our stop, I’m more than happy to get on it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He lurches out of the driveway and I’m thrown off the backseat. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie said nothing, and the other passengers stumbled and lurched back to their seats after getting their eyeful of the tragedy on the street. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Harry curried Ulysses in the lantern light and hummed a song that I recognized with a lurch as “I Love You Truly.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then a metallic squeal rang out, the rope pulled taut, and we lurched into the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And at that moment Sam too lurched and fell forwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mark’s heart lurched and he broke into a sprint, following Alec down the curved passage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A bus comes lurching around the curve, obscuring her view. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My heart lurched with affection as he leaned in to kiss me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The bus engine thrummed to life and lurched into gear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We lurched forward, but Beckendorf s driver just swung his chariot to our left and pulled up next to us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie lurches back, holding his palms up to stop me from coming closer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Several of the boys were pushing as well, and with a sudden lurch the bottom of the boat lifted from the mud and moved forward into the water. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The train lurches to the left, and Uriah falls against me, his fingers pinching the paintball until a stream of pink, foul-smelling paint sprays on my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The chaplain did not dare raise his eyes until the closed car had lurched from the area and the speeding wheels were whining on the bumpy blacktop road. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He lurches forward to the door, opens it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In another few minutes, the raft lurched and I knew it had grounded. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he knew without asking that Crane-man had hobbled down to the beach and lurched about on the sand, so treacherous to his crutch, only to come away empty- handed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when I saw him my stomach went through a series of sudden drops and lurches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael saw men go lurching down, saw the machine-gun fire whipping the water’s surface, and lowered himself even farther. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, to his surprise, she suddenly lurched forward and kissed him, catching him completely off guard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her breathing was getting quite laboured, and as we walked together, she’d now and then lurch into me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The carter flicks both bullocks with his whip, the animals strain forward, the cart gives a lurch. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his hand, he carries the leftovers wrapped in his kromar and my stomach lurches with happiness in anticipation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled into our driveway, and when Pa hit the brakes, the Wildcat lurched forward sharply enough to wake the nappers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sight of him made something lurch in her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fish was pulling so hard that the little boat was plowing and lurching through the waves. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sam pushes the stick shift into gear, and the vehicle lurches forward, weed killer sloshing in the giant tanks behind us. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A catfish the size of my stepfather lurched away into the gloom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t seem to be doing much damage, but Tartarus lurched around, obviously not used to fighting in a humanoid body. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With a quick lunge, he struck his knife into the heart of the elephant, and then fell to his knees as the great beast roared out and lurched upon his feet. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

As the elevator lurches forward, a gap in the metal wall slides open. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I lurched to a cubicle and leaned against the padlocked swinging doors. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And down came the demons from everywhere, frenzied creatures of darkness, lurching wildly toward their prey. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The carriage lurched while she clamped onto my bracelet and attempted to pull it off my arm. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the blood spilled over the Queen’s tongue, Kaede’s world lurched. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My heart gave a sudden, terrifying lurch and I took a step back. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She hit then, the keel-centerboard bumping with a sickening feeling that shuddered all through him, a lurching, dead feeling. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the brakes squeaked in protest and the taxi came to a lurching halt alongside a row of deserted warehouses. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The driver gunned the engine—the bus lurched as it slammed into the womans body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And in the meantime, I’ve left Charlotte of the Palatine in the lurch. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I felt a lurch of disappointment that my time with Sahil was almost over. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, mile after mile, lurching back and forth in the wagon, Mollie crossed the wild, empty landscape, not yet carved into a country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

While I was lighting the cigarette for her, someone elbowed me in the back and I lurched forward. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Impulsively she grabs my hand, squeezes it, as we lurch around the corner; she turns to me and I see her face, there are tears running down her cheeks, but tears of what? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hurtled forward with such a violent lurch that all three almost toppled into the Hudson. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I chose smaller pieces, hoping my weight could control the lurch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And it was about then that Lyra felt the first distant lurch of nausea, pain, and fear that was the unmistakable touch of the Specters. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He ran to the hatch, but the tree house lurched so violently that he fell to the floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her stomach lurched; sweat broke out on her skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I find myself staring at Sana’s tattoo, and my stomach lurches at the sight of the fist and flame. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He shot a Stunning Spell at Crabbe, who lurched out of the way, knocking Malfoy’s wand out of his hand; it rolled out of sight beneath a mountain of broken furniture and boxes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Looking down made his head spin and his stomach lurch, so he forced his gaze to the hatch door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the Hato lurched heavily and something happened to the boat falls. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the trees on the far bank at a strange angle; she saw the gray sky lurching above; she saw Maila battling against the current. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The golem raised his arms, lurched to one side, and completed an awkward cartwheel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He would have said, “Morning,” although it wasn’t, but he thought the man lurching down the steps was white and not to be spoken to without leave. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was light enough on his feet that it wasn’t much of a hit, but she gave a sharp cry and lurched forward, spilling her champagne. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lolo steps off the median, and Roli lurches us out of the lane. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Nathan lurched outside to say goodbye to him, even though he was still mad. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Two of the men obeyed, and the balloon lurched up, but the other two had their attention on the soldiers, who were moving quickly around the corner of the building. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bartender looked as if he was going to ask something more, but the bear lurched toward him suddenly and the man shut the door in alarm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Metal ground against metal; a lurching shudder shook the floor beneath him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But when I reach the edge of the carnage, the ground lurches and the battlefield stretches out ahead of me again in its entirety. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Harry’s stomach lurched with nerves and Ron, he saw, looked pale under his freckles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Queen Anne’s Revenge lurched away from the dock, and by the time the pirates arrived at the water's edge, we were already underway, sailing into the Sea of Monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lurched toward the open window, not sure whose name to call out. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Catelyn was thinking of her girls, wondering if she would ever see them again, when the Greatjon lurched to his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ekon’s heart lurched when the old man held out a frail, trembling hand and smiled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The doors hissed closed and the train lurched forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The zeppelin rose with a lurch and moved over the rim of the mountain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sarai had to lurch back from the blast of heat as Ruby was engulfed in a crackling, deep-orange column of fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And as soon as I write that, it’s real—so real, it makes my stomach lurch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Two throng haints lurched out the door a second later, galloping after them at full speed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The train lurches forward, and I can see the land moving past us through the window. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leroy turned off the key, but he left it in gear, so when he took his foot off the clutch, the truck lurched forward suddenly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was broken by the fall, and an arrow protruded from its side, but still it lurched up and lunged with a flopping malice at Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tripped several times, once falling, catching myself with my hands, scraping them on the sidewalk, and then lurching up to plunge forward again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Ha, ha, ha," she says sarcastically, and I feel the truck shift gears and lurch forward. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From the lurch in his step, she could tell at once that Viserys had found his wine . . . and something that passed for courage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes to stop everything from lurching, but it doesn’t help. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My heart gave a sick lurch when I looked to Sohrab’s bed and found it empty. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed quiet and watched him lurch from one side, bumping to the other, until he reached the coal-oil tank. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car makes an abrupt stop, lurching us forward then sideways as Seven makes a wide U-turn. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Well, hitting the accelerator is actually the RV lurching and climbing slowly to thirty-five. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He walked with a lurching motion that struck Lina as somehow familiar. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"And you left him in the lurch, didn't you? You let him go to jail for a month over in New Jersey. God! You ought to hear Walter on the subject of YOU." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He helps me up and holds my hand, and the room keeps lurching, but I end up in a chair somehow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Deemer looked like his limbs were made of springs that sent him lurching ahead in a series of herky-jerky leaps and bounds. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure of its purpose until he lurched forward, drawing his restraints tight, and vomited into the mask. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He lurched sideways, almost crushing the dazed chicken flapping at his feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A drunken wreck of a man lurched into Theo, who put a quarter into the filthy outstretched hand, more out of fright than charity. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach lurched and tightened and lurched again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Golden wheat flew in every direction, while the blue sky and the mountain lurched absurdly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Rubbing my ears in an attempt to stop them from ringing, I lurched over to the back porch and waited expectantly for one of my parents to come down off it and kill me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lina went closer, and when she saw who it was, her insides gave a lurch. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is turned, not toward the people sitting around me, but toward the city we pass as the bus lurches forward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

单词	lurch
例句	lurch They lurched so wildly around the parlor that Mother feared for the very pictures on the wall. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Her body jounced painfully against his chest with every lurching step. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Dr. Begbie hit the gas too hard and the Jeep lurched forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I watched the world revolve as the car spun around and lurched back to the highway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Derek’s body lurched beneath him and dropped back, the raft took the blow, flexed, gave, but held together; and Brian started one clear thought: we made it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Flora felt her heart lurch inside of her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “I can run faster than you drive,” she said, and was so exasperated she suddenly lurched forward and stomped her foot down over mine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the same time he tapped the green button and the Berg lurched off the ground, the sound of thrusters filling the air like the roar of angry lions. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I see a gun on the tile near a drinking fountain and lurch toward it, breaking my grip on Matthew’s hand. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There was a lurch that Mark felt in his back, then a squeal, then the continued slow wrenching sound as the door started opening once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I heard the truck motor start; a second later the floor lurched beneath me. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I pulled hard to the right, forcing a sudden lurch as Nergal shot past me, his spear tip shredding the side of the chariot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The corpse lay in state for another five minutes and then, without warning or ceremony, lurched to his feet and casually strolled off in search of his own meal. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z With a couple of dozen drunken men at a time lurching across it, the catwalk bucked and heaved and swayed like a tormented snake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The train lurches and sways around the bend, slowing as it approaches a red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched Brooklyn pass as the achingly slow city bus lurched ahead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The moment the two of them were out of sight, Chubs and I both lurched forward, pushing through the circle of kids that closed around Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I lurch my way toward the riverbank, using tree trunks to keep me upright, till I make it to the dock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z His voice lurched like a dog on its lead. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you take him to your house?” you’d said while it lurched around on your kitchen floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Dorothy took one look, grabbed her mouth, and lurched out the door, her ponytail flying. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t go home, but went straight to the sanctuary, lurching up the road in a borrowed Jeep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We lurched about holding beer cartons in our hands, mimicking the many drunken men and women we saw stagger out of shebeens. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Grinning, Damon gave the horse a lick across the rump with his whip, and the old stot whinnied and lurched into motion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Just then the fish gave a sudden lurch that pulled the old man down onto the bow and would have pulled him overboard if he had not braced himself and given some line. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z With a lurch in his stomach, Pong saw a trio of police at the building's entrance, surveying the crowd and checking bags and satchels as people wandered inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The train jolts forward, slowly, lurching as the couplings tighten. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Some hinted that he meant merely to sail back by Hosk to the Inmost Sea, leaving them in the lurch; others, among them Pechvarry, held that he had gone mad, and sought death. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Moss watched a tall, lanky kid lurch forward and grab for the handhold that was attached to the wall just above Moss’s bike. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She smiled at Harry as the teams faced each other behind their captains, and he felt a slight lurch in the region of his stomach that he didn’t think had anything to do with nerves. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The cart lurched along behind her, the driver hooting at sailors and slaves alike to clear the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I lurched past them and took the stairs down two at a time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘And the medications weren’t covered by my plan! And -’ The snake lurched as Leo connected the last two wires. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With a lurching squeal, the heavy metal slab swung open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In her dizziness, the nook lurched and rocked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We splash forward, following the innkeeper's lurching, splayfooted stride. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Matthew’s Noise is already lurching on me like hands pressing in, forcing its way into my own thinking, trying to ransack the room. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But then, the plane gave a funny lurch, like nothing I had ever felt before, and without thinking, I opened my eyes and glanced out the window. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach gave me a funny little lurch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded like a massive bike with a busted chain—but they lurched forward. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It tilted, and the bus lurched upward so fast I fell back and crashed against something soft. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As it was hit, the Porsche must have lurched forward and rammed into the sign. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And then from behind the workshop came, in a sort of lurching limp, a shape the size of a large dog, but hunched and heavy in the shoulders, which stood and stared at them directly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I clench the armrests as the plane lurches into motion. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Slowly at first, the water monster lurched forward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They keep dropping closer and closer all round us; still we cannot leave the grub in the lurch. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A swift rigidity fell on all of them as James lurched one step forward into a crouch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He lurched and opened his mouth; I thought he was going to throw up again, but he fired off a wet burp that made my skin crawl. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Roaring, he came lurching to his feet, throwing the thing violently aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Fern lurched across my lap and punched Vonetta in the arm. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Harley was helping Helen Jean get out, and the sudden lurch threw her against him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Those two men still held their ropes fast around the bollards, and the balloon lurched sickeningly sideways. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to knee him in the groin, and he reacts by lurching forward, pressing up against me, pushing me back against the side of the car, and leaving my knee no leverage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Her body lurched forward and then backward, again and again, as she struggled to make a decision. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And then, in a jarring, disorienting lurch, Taisin felt Mona’s hand on her, shaking her, calling her name, and she awoke on the floor of the cottage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Water filled Harry’s eyes and mouth: He could not see or breathe: Then, with an awful lurch, the cart flipped over and they were all thrown out of it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In a few minutes, the freight train gave a sudden lurching that flung her backward. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Oh my God!” said Mom, lurching forward in her seat. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Then I felt the car turn right and begin lurching forward along a bumpy, unpaved road. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As Wynn’s Chevy lurched to a stop, he pushed a few buttons and a slide guitar intro began for what I could only guess was Brent Chisholm’s duet with Momma. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We dare not show a light so we lurch along and are often almost pitched out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the plane lurched slightly to the right and Brian looked at the pilot He was rubbing his shoulder again and there was the sudden smell of body gas in the plane. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few moments, the audio lurched on with a jerky, garbled sound. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On all sides the cliffs were alive with this evil collection of crawling, looming, creeping, lurching shapes. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z When the donkey did finally stop, it was so abruptly that my hermanitas lurched forward and caught themselves against the rails in order not to fall off. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In the end, though, cursing his old bones and grunting like a hungry pig, he succeeded, the backhoe lurched forward, and as it did Amarante’s floppy hat jolted off his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With a roar of the big motor, the bus lurched through the intersection, missing a dump truck by inches. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Felicia collapses on her mother’s lap, sending the swing lurching crazily, and wails to the heavens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z X-Ray yelled an obscenity out his window, then lurched out of the parking lot and into traffic. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Mouth dry, stomach lurching, Harry sprang after him, trying not to make a sound. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Viola lurches back but she don’t let go and I go tumbling into the boat on top of her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a lurch, and we started off. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The citadel’s sickening lurch, the helpless silk-on-mesarthium glide down the seraph’s slick palm, flailing wildly for something to hold on to and finding nothing, and then...falling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All seven boats lurched off the line together. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was jerked left, wrenched right, yanked up, and lurched down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z His dæmon howled and lurched forward, slipping and falling flat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Grawp came lurching around the corner of the castle; only now did Harry realize that Grawp was, indeed, an undersized giant. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One smote Frodo between the shoulders and he lurched forward with a cry, letting go his paddle: but the arrow fell back, foiled by his hidden coat of mail. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The cars lurch forward and Otto jumps in next to his wife. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As I bent to take my shoes off, my stomach lurched, my vision tunneled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He seemed to be talking to himself about how hard life was in Russia, and then he lurched out of the room. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z That was the way my mind lurched and stumbled, among the sharp R's and T's, sliding over the ovoid vowels as if on pebbles. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He lurched with a strength he didn’t know he had, throwing the pilot off his body. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As the train coughed, lurched, and began to pull away, boys hanging from the windows shouted farewells: “Good-bye, Mom!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I kept expecting her to scream, until finally the car lurched and I was able to free my left arm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding on to the truck’s side, Lupita watched as they lurched to the next intersection. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon the train lurched and we were away. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The train lurches and an involuntary cry goes up from the whole carload trying to keep their balance. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The man’s head jerks up, with a start, and he puts his foot down on the gas, lurching them across the intersection. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Two more shots came from the thick brush and Aymo, as he was crossing the tracks, lurched, tripped and fell face down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In what seemed like no time, a man walked up and climbed onto the horse, flicked its reins, and we lurched into juddering motion. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Malcolm was already primed for fear and felt his skin prickle all over and a lurch in his stomach. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then you stop and the world lurches into regular shape. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I reached up and tugged the yellow cord, and the bus hadn’t even stopped before we were running to the front, lurching and swaying with that giant hunk of metal. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Seven’s heart gave an awful lurch as the two friends looked at each other with delight. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Now, he was paying the penalty for too little sleep and no study—trying to read a lousy geography lesson on a lumbering lurching bus, the morning light dazzling on the white page. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a lurching wave in the pit of my stomach. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Brian Johnson opened the season with a fifteen-yard run off the right side through a gaping hole to the Permian 47, lurching forward for every possible extra inch. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie ignored the way thinking of Tad made his stomach lurch, and he finished tying the final knot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The huge door of the Berg lurched into motion with a thump and a squeal, giving Mark an excuse not to respond. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A huge sand flea, heavy as a pebble, jumped first onto my chest and then onto my cheek, and I lurched upward, batting it away before it could bite me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Pong had never thought about escaping Namwon before, but now the opportunity lurched up like a mudskipper and slapped him across the face with its tail. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Gathering up my gown, I ran down the curved drive as fast as I could, lurching and slipping and filled with joy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Shawn lurched back to the shop, shaking his head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Hospital?” said Ralph; and even before all the syllables were out of his mouth, the car lurched ahead, so responsive that Ralph was thrown against the seat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The choir lurched and stumbled somewhere near the proper melody. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But when he touched the skin of her elbow, she lurched from him, stumbled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He dropped to the ground at once and sprang through the dashing sleet toward the sergeant, who had lurched forward to try and catch the falling floodlight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’m not,” I say quickly, but I feel my stomach lurching. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Mike went back into Brill, Brill went back into three others, and then they were all lurching and howling backward into the lunch counter. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z First they plunge around in the dark, shuffling and cursing, grabbing up leaves and sticks, lurching, stumbling all over the place because of the liquor they have been drinking, Their breath. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z My head spins, my stomach lurches; I don’t know where to go. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Just when it looked like we’d left some pursuers behind, another three or four would lurch out of the water like the unearthed remains of prehistoric monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Harry turned to look at her and his stomach gave a weird lurch as though he had missed a step going downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z George’s stomach lurched when there was another sniffle and a snort, followed by the words, “Oh, Charlotte, I miss you so,” and snickers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z One woman lurched at the sight, grabbed Amari’s arm, and squeezed it so tightly that she left marks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But with one small lurch he could break it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Deeper and deeper amongst the graves he went, and every time he reached a new headstone he felt a little lurch of apprehension and anticipation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I was halfway down it when I saw the hulking form of someone lurching toward me, hooded lantern in hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Percy lurched awake in cold gray daylight, rain falling on his face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The revelers lurched a few feet sideways and back. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was going smoothly until the saw suddenly lurched forward and sliced right through three of the robot’s fingers! The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She turned away and opened her mouth to speak, but before she could, the ship lurched to one side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The truck lurches forward and back a few times before plowing ahead. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He lurched a little, looked down at the blood on his clothes and up at Pilate, and licking his lips, backed all the way to the side of the house under Pilate’s gaze. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead, Angus Harper appeared to be flying on vapors—barely sputtering, lurching and jerking forward. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Why,” she says, lurching through the French, “would my brother have a miniature reproduction of this house?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We drive on smooth concrete until the driver turns off the highway to lurch over dirt roads. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z For a second it felt like it was working, but then I lurched too far. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Once the villagers were all linked, a white face pulled the first person with a rope, and those linked to him lurched forward as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When I heard the whip snap and the buckboard lurch forward, I looked back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bus hisses and coughs as we move out into traffic, but it does not jolt and lurch like The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z A freerider in a faded blue cloak lurched to his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him to shut up, but before I could say anything Charles lurched abruptly to the side, to clear his shot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A leg broke, and the table lurched and toppled onto its side. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I force myself toward the shadow of the Serran Range, but every time I reach the end of the battlefield, I feel the lurch and see the bodies spread out before me yet again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She stares at a bus lurching across the road. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The little craft lurched and strained in the turbid air, but she held the course firm, and her dæmon guided her down to land on the terrace. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Every time she closed her eyes, something made her sway and lurch as if she were at the brink of a precipice, and she snapped awake, tense with fear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hamza’s legs give occasional lurches, strange spasms that ease his dead weight in my arms. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As they lurched into the deeper water they began to row diagonally upstream, against the current, the way Velutha had taught them to. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad lurched back inside and slumped into his easy chair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Wedged among mattresses, bed frames, chests, tables, and stacks of cardboard boxes, a big golden dog panted and lurched around, excited by the smells of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Just before ten in the morning, the city was hit by a sudden sideways lurch now estimated at magnitude 9.0 and shaken ferociously for seven full minutes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Before we even got off campus, Lara was lurching helplessly whenever Alaska took hard turns, so I took Alaska’s advice and wrapped my arms around Lara’s waist. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Finally the elevator lurched to a halt, and he pushed the mirrored door open. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Neither knew how to drive and when the police saw the truck lurch and jerk along Myrtle Avenue they pulled it over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then, as if moved by a sudden impulse, he lurched forward and kissed her on the cheek. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z At that moment, Thomas realized with a sickening lurch that he had no idea how old he was. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I shouted, and then I had to lurch aside as two fetterlings snapped at my wrists. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z So far he had not lurched off to the woods to retch, but he had not so much as glanced at the dead men either. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The men waited until he was gone; then Shady and Jinx lurched away from the open grave, gasping for air. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Off balance, the second man lurched into the first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He turned and lurched away, padding so swiftly across the freezing ground that Lyra couldn’t keep up, even running. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her heart lurched when voices pounded from the other end. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He lurched to his feet and strode off unsteadily to find his father. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The carriage lurched as it turned away fromthe wharves and began the ascent up the steep road into Seatown proper. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But his stomach lurched as the car swung in an arc, the metal grinding and the light spinning. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The lurch pushes us farther out into the river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A flash of fire, a lurching recoil, and near the vessel, a mighty splash. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mark lurched forward but caught himself before he fell. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z At nine o'clock, one morning late in July Gatsby's gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three noted horn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The porter got up to make his rounds I didn’t see him no more, but when the train lurched to a stop, I was already by the door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And Dragonwings, its wings waving over either side of the wagon, lurched forward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see them.”He does this weird, rhythmic pantomime of swimming, followed by this side-to-side shoulder lurch/butt scoot combo. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I nodded my head so vigorously in affirmation that I lurched forward, nearly pitching over. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina batted at her hair and clothes as she lurched through the snow, trying not to retch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then I stand up, pretend to stumble, and lurch toward the closest soldier. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Please ...” The plane lurched again, hit more turbulence, and Brian felt the nose drop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, just a few days into the season, the ground under Joe positively lurched. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Russell lurched backward into the kitchen table with his half; Piper lurched backward in the opposite direction, and with nothing to stop him, sailed right through the cellar doorway and down the cellar steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But the light changed and the tank lurched forward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rishi sat up, ignoring the lurching of stomach acid and the slow roll of the wave of nausea washing over him, and grabbed her wrists. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They pack the trunk quickly, and climb in, but the car has not gone a foot before it lurches forward with a horrible hobble. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They were out in the open now, out of the cathedral, lurching after us, invisible to all but me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The merry-go-round lurched through one final round, and finally the figures shuddered to a sickening halt. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His head was swimming, his stomach lurching, but he didn’t move. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The plane kept lurching down suddenly, as if it would fall out of the sky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Moon Boy lurched about the hall on stilts making mock of everyone, while Ser Dontos chased serving girls on his broomstick horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then, ducking, he swung himself through the door just as the train lurched forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He drew on die hand that clutched the drinking horn, figuring to give them a shot to talk about, but Todric spoiled it by lurching to one side just as he loosed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The gun lurched up, down, right and left. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The minivan lurched to the right as he spun around in his seat and turned the wheel with him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The bus lurched to a stop, and we were all forced to stay deathly still as the camp gate slid shut behind us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My heart lurched to life, pounding against my rib cage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When Ned's horse lurched back to its feet, he tried to rise, only to fall again, choking on his scream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The inner tube lurches, sloshes, and bounces along. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The wagon suddenly lurched to one side, the horse snorting and neighing as it pulled at the reins. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I clutch the lurching spine of The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z As she moved in his direction his heart lurched before freezing altogether in his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly it picked up speed, wheels squealing, lurching from one side of the narrow street to the other. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He staggered to his feet, lurched to the door, kicking it, battering himself against it with what little strength remained to him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He flapped the lines on Queenie’s broad back and the surrey lurched into motion. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When a parent is absent, you’re left in the lurch of not knowing, and it’s so easy to fill that space with negative thoughts. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The train lurched and we were off again, the boys taunting us and throwing more snowballs at us as we left. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The room sways, and then twists, and I lurch to the side, brushing my fingertips on the ground to steady myself. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the train lurched forward, causing us to lose our balance and pile on top of one another. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The man-trip lurched and we were off, plunging down what seemed an endless black tunnel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was discomfiting to observe how Kimberly lurched, keen to do the right thing and not knowing what the right thing was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s office gave an almighty lurch — Harry was thrown forward and pitched headfirst into the substance inside the basin — But his head did not hit the stone bottom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She broke into a run, glancing back just quickly enough to see the thing lurch off the wall and stumble to the ground. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He took a lurching swing across the room. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Twisting awkwardly, the Frenchman lurched up on his hands and knees. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm could hear Lyra crying, not with shrill fear but with a steady note of complaint at the cold and the wet and the incessant lurching of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Even though I liked seeing you feel happy and valued, my stomach gave a tiny lurch as you and Arul smiled at each other. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I begin to lurch and quake at the thought of killing another human. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The bus lurched, and the girl rocked back to keep from falling. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Come over here,” she said, and he did, though she still asserted only partial control, allowing him to fight against her at every step so that he came lurching and stumbling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He caught the next cut on his shield, then lurched back to his feet and drove Arron across the yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The cargo plane that Alex had seen when he arrived rumbled down the runway and lurched into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My heart lurched frantically, and I, too, glanced toward the porch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Hello, hello,” he sang, lurching inside and shedding his jacket in the same fashion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Polly could feel each bump and jolt of the road beneath her as the wooden wheels lurched over each uneven place in the dirt or gouged hole left by other wagons. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The monster pushed against the Argo II. The deck lurched to forty-five degrees. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My stomach lurched, an appetizer before the full portion of heartache I had a feeling was going to be served at some point soon. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I lurched so hard, I almost fell back into their china cabinet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As soon as I saw the rotten pilings jutting out of the water, the events of last April tumbled forward in my mind and my stomach lurched. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z We both lurch forward a little bit as Wilf snaps the rein on his oxen. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z When they reached the beach, the entire island lurched sickeningly beneath them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I lurch back onto my knees and the trees around me begin to spin in circles. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Malcolm felt a lurch in his stomach and clenched his muscles against it; but it only lasted a few moments, and then the aircraft settled on the ground. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Maybe he thought I was right behind him, or maybe he'd left me in the lurch. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But then, incredibly, he stood up, waved that he was O.K., and started lurching toward Camp Four, which, at the moment was in plain sight, 500 feet beyond. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Some people prowl along the edges, but others walk right in the middle, in lurching groups, bottles swinging from their hands. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z No sooner had he come to that realization than he heard a sudden crack, loud as thunder, the deck lurched beneath him, and he slid back down into the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The broken bone was speckled with brown blood, but still he lurched forward, reaching for Young Griff. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He said something to the driver, and the cab lurched into the uptown traffic. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Amarante Cordova lurched into view, staggering—it appeared—from the weight of his archaic six-gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s exactly when the driver’s side of the car lurched downward sharply and the axle struck against something hard, with a grating, metallic clang. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z With a low cry, I pushed him away and lurched back into the wall of sunflowers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The instant she was settled, the bus lurched and pulled away. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z "Hey!" the friar shouts, lurching to his feet and gathering his brown robes around him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her stomach lurched, and she pressed her face against the glass. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In desperation I clutched my head and attempted to rise, but I only managed to lurch about dizzily in the direction of the brazier. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The machine jolted into gullies, lurched and coughed; Amarante bounced out of his seat, clinging for dear life; fence posts splintered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not possibly know how painfully my heart lurched. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The train lurches forward, the cars jerking as the engine pulls the slack from their couplings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His hands were trembling and his heart was lurching painfully. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The trains lurched off with the guards watching anxiously from the windows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I got the A train at Chambers Street and stood as it lurched up to 125th. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Joe lurched about ten steps ahead, and, bending over with a hand braced against either knee, he erupted. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What does that lurch in my stomach mean? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At last there was a sound of voices outside; the truck lurched, skidding on an ice-patch, and set off again. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He lurches forward, knocking me back, and the gun flies out of my hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Bus roared on, wildly lurching and bounding. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to run after him, but the ship lurched again—and then I saw Charybdis. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z As she unlatched the chain, Papa Will’s huge six-foot-four-inch-tall frame lurched forward into the room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Eyes wide, Mrs. B lurched forward, her messy bun falling over to one side. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His car lurched so violently that he briefly thought of jumping off to save himself. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Another loud thud, a lurch, my mother screaming, “Tyler!” from the front seat, and a final violent jolt before everything stopped and silence set in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The train’s brakes squeal, and we all lurch forward as the car slows. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The woman in front of me lurches to the right, losing her balance, and then erupts into giggles as she falls against the man next to her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Twice, when the train lurched, he sat up, looking around fiercely. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Nok dropped her grip on him and lurched back, nearly tripping over a mass of blankets and bones. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She was almost close enough to touch the wheel when Biter lurched to his feet and grabbed for her, his irons clanking and rattling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The entire Berg lurched and plunged toward the ground, the windows of the cockpit suddenly full of greenery. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The fat man exploded with such an exceedingly indelicate phrase that my stomach lurched. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z After a while he hauled himself up, lurched inside, and reported to his wife through clenched teeth that he’d injured himself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I yank my hand from between her teeth, my vision going black at the edges, and with a lurch, smack my hand around the handle of the gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Hina clearly wants more juicy details, wants to know which boy I prefer, but even getting near that thought makes my stomach lurch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Gibraltar,” Miles said, then he lurched out of his seat and made it to the trash can in time to be violently ill. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She was racing headlong down the serpentine steps when a man lurched out of a hidden doorway. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he catches sight of me, he trips and lurches forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He found his feet again and lurched to the rail, and then he was fighting, staggering and splashing across crooked decks awash with water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As usual, the train lurches hard from side to side. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I run toward him, and the ground lurches to the side, so I almost fall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z At that very moment, something hit his side of the car with the force of a charging bull, sending him lurching sideways into Ron, just as an equally heavy blow hit the roof. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t have believed the screams could get any louder, but they did, and when she saw why, her hearts—or the memory of them—gave a lurch of savage hope. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then the cart began to move, lurching as the bullocks got awkwardly into rhythm, and I was sick. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to plant his feet at the threshold, but it only lasted for a split second; the pole sent him into the Maze with a lurch. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The squirrel lurched left and made a desperate leap up onto my clean laundry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He managed to wrench the axe free and lurch clumsily out of the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Noah made a chucking sound to the horse, and the wagon lurched onto the dirt road. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Bit by bit, with short but steady lurches, we get the cart to the front of the store, and into one of the snaking checkout lines. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There’s new magic in every sidewalk crack, in the traffic rush, in the lurch of beggars on the corner. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He entered his territory without intruding into mine, only causing the boat to lurch to one side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He licks his bottom lip and the gesture, so familiar, makes my heart lurch. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The enormity of this balancing act hit me all at once, made my stomach lurch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Let’s burn her at the stake,” he said huskily, abruptly lurching forward to stub out his cigarette. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A van lurched by, with schoolchildren in uniform hanging out the windows. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z An eighth grader in a football jersey lurches against my side, and I mumble an apology a split second after he’s gone. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At last, with a final lurch, the train came to a complete halt. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The view induces the opposite of vertigo, a lurching feeling inspired not by gravity’s pull to earth, but by the infinite reaches of heaven. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So Kyril Montana lurched his car forward and hit the animal; it toppled over with a surprised squeal, scrambled quickly to its feet, and lumbered bluntly off the road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He got in the car muttering obscenities, floored the gas, and the car lurched forward. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The dizziness strikes you like a thunderclap, everything lurches, moves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The signs had been there since he could walk, and he perfected the more distasteful aspects of his personality as he lurched into manhood and assumed his responsibilities. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My stomach lurched, blood came pounding to my head, I felt myself going dizzy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmer brought the whip down with all his strength, and the wagon lurched forward. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra suddenly felt her stomach lurch, for Lord Asriel had taken the stopper from the decanter of Tokay, and was pouring a glass. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z This time it pulls forward with a bigger lurch. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then, in the silence, Bigwig lurched to his feet, swayed a moment, tottered a few steps toward Fiver and fell again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As we lurched down National Highway 3, my back felt wrenched already. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He lurched to the window and crawled through it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Father cracked the reins on the backside of Red Rabbit, and with a lurch the wagon set off. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He got up; he swayed and the room lurched. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And then the hunter suddenly lurched and twisted as he tried to rip the rifle away from his target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Another scream, this one long and nerve-grinding, tore through the air and Thomas’s heart lurched. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I lurch toward the opposite windowsill just as the ladder slips off. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The docking itself went well, with just a slight bump as Columbia nudged Eagle, but then Eagle gave a wild lurch and for a couple of seconds I thought we might have real trouble. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about my sour, shaky stomach that lurched between feeling starving and feeling pukey. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I blink and lurch to the side as the room dips and sways. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The shreds he let trickle gleefully off his hand onto the ground, then he smugly tipped his cowboy hat to Bernabe with his invisible arm and lurched jubilantly back into the bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to leave Sien in the lurch. If I don’t have her I’ll be broken, and then I would also be broken in my work and everything else.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sight of her made him lurch up, knocking both officers backward, but just for a moment. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I lurched back a bit, caught myself on the gatepost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The bus shimmies and shakes and finally lurches forward. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As the car lurched over the snow he lifted his eyes and saw black people upon the snow-covered sidewalks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z From off on the right, his heavy bulbous body lurching dangerously on the spindly legs which barely supported him, came the Overbearing Know-it-all, talking continuously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius knocked over another table as he and the cockatoo lurched forward. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground drops off below in a rocky lurch. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Now when he hits the gas, we lurch forward, making sawdust of the little tree, and careen away from the school, leaving gawking people, and frustrated soldiers who don’t seem to be following us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z My heart lurches as I see the long line in front of me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the truck lurched over a bridge across the Nenana River, Alex looked down at the swift current and remarked that he was afraid of the water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach lurches and I fling open the car door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Another of the young toughs lurched toward Lieutenant Washington, aiming to bring him down with an axe handle. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The entire boat lurched sideways, throwing monsters off their feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She grabbed the leg of Nancy’s sweatpants and pulled, and Nancy lurched sideways, and then Jaime pulled the other way, and Nancy lurched to the other side. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I hopped down the back of the truck and lurched to the dusty embankment on the side of the road. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a great roar from the motorbike, and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurch: He was rising through the air fast, his eyes watering slightly, hair whipped back off his face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The plane lurched upward buoyantly with the lightened load. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She lurched toward the woman, but her leg chains got twisted and she stumbled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, agonizingly slowly, she lurched toward them, a cleaver in her hand and a smile upon her face. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Her stomach lurched as she leaped from the ledge and into the stars, praying they’d catch her as she fell. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As the mummy lurched into camp, Burleson realized that it was none other than Beck Weathers, somehow risen from the dead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And overhead, with a sickening lurch, the citadel of the Mesarthim came loose from the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I’m hanging by my fingertips when the train lurches once again, swinging my legs off to the side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The car lurched and stalled several times on the way home. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With a lurch Rishi realized his brain was also diverting blood flow to other parts of his body. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She followed the conductor down the aisle, staggering from side to side as the train lurched to a stop. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Ahead of us, the caravan lurches out of the way, and the pent-up crowd surges forward. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I somehow managed to lurch over to the door and open the window to try to get some fresh air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He suddenly lurches forward, grips the boy’s wrist, and all in one motion, twists his arm behind his back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He nodded to the orchestra, which lurched into a kind of wheezing carnival music. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The piano jerked out of our hands, sending us lurching forward, and bounced into the house, splintering the door frame. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Watch it!” cried Miss Spider, as the room gave another violent lurch. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The wheels spun, one moment, two—the car lurched forward and backward, and her mother swore even more colorfully, and then they were free. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z With her hands tied behind her, Tally lurched into the brush off-balance, tumbling to the ground as her bare feet caught on something in the dense vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Conor asked, as the hospital lurched into view down the road. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z We find seats, and the T lurches forward. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He shot up and lurched over to the pegs at the door to grab his sweatshirt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m daydreaming, staring out the open door at the sky when the brakes start their piercing shriek and everything lurches forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Unfortunately the Attendant is providing the wrong kind of spectacle, because the shambler lurches off the stage and after the trio in the aisle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mikey’s hand goes faster in his pocket, so fast the spout gives a lurch and collapses and Mikey is rolling on the ground yelping, I’m dead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Groaning, Tyrion lurched to his feet and pushed his way outside, shouting for his squire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He pokes my arm, and my stomach sort of lurches. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The truck came to an abrupt halt and lurched forward all at once. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I mumbled an apology, headed for the door, and lurched back to Freemans step van. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The creatures lurched after Roza—attacking her or trying to help her, she couldn’t tell. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I wrap a scarf around my neck to cover the K and lurch from my room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Jemmy settled himself as best he could, and the coach lurched forward. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy kept his head down and seemed to be in a hurry, though he wasn’t running in a normal way; it was more of a wobbly lurch. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship lurched just as Mark shoved the man’s hips through the open space, his muscles tensed as he pushed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His stomach lurched up into the back of his throat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His stomach was sensitive to the slightest movement and the lurching of the bus caused strange reactions in his body. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mixed with someone’s perfume and the stale airplane air, the smell makes my stomach lurch. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The road to Jalalabad is a two- hour trek through mountain roads winding along a steep drop, and my stomach lurched with each hairpin turn. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then his injured foreleg gave way and he lurched sideways against the wall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I lurched forward and caught her before she could hit the edge of the table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But today, as Roli lurches around the puddles in our driveway, I see there’s even bigger trouble at home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The minivan lurched to a stop, throwing all four of us forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The train lurches forward and we pull out of Thirtieth Street Station. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With a lurch the train moved off, its lights glimmering away through the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as if that was too affectionate sounding: “You can’t just leave Ted in the lurch.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Randolph’s toe hit a high corner, and he lurched forward. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He’d arrive there panting, and the car would lurch as he jumped in. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a lurching heart, I realized what it was: a dead man swinging from a crossroads gallows. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I felt a lurch in my stomach and I glanced at Jaja. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Dragonwings lurched forward, bumped, stopped, and lurched forward again, like some great lumbering beast coughing to itself as it got up out of bed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I got on, and the bus lurched ahead. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z As the lamplight fell across George’s head, Ginny gasped and Harry’s stomach lurched: One of George’s ears was missing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At lunch recess, Doug Swieteck’s brother lurched across the field, sixth graders scurrying out of his way as if he was a southwest wind about to blister them all over. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Or slip my feet into the hollow casts of feet and lurch in like something from a mad scientist movie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When we tried to help him, he cursed and lurched at us, swinging his fist. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It drove the breath from him and sent him lurching backwards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And I had started to climb over the middle seats to tell them that much when Chubs lurched forward, throwing Liam onto his back without touching him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Too many thoughts crowded her head, and all of them were tainted with the image of that shadow creature lurching toward her and the golden shrouds’ inhuman laugh. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Shasta, half mad with horror, managed to lurch towards the brute. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z And suddenly he lurched to the left, staggering into the rail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, a young man came up to her, walking with a sort of sideways lurch. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She got Brooke’s legs, which scrabbled on the ground, grabbed them, got her good shoulder underneath Brooke’s body, and lurched her up and over. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We watched a honeybee lurch from one fat flower to the next, drunk and staggering under the weight of all that botanical destiny. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She puts the car in gear and lurches forward, passing the houses on our lane. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Once Willow was gone, Mai watched as Dell Duke jerked his car out of park, hitting the gas pedal so quickly that the Ford lurched forward like a broken carnival ride. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And each time they dropped her, Gregor’s stomach lurched into his throat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The train lurched, causing Harry to roll over onto his side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The man nodded at me and put the truck in gear, and we lurched into motion. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I could feel it lurch as they climbed inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the awkward animals, the ones with their two-legged lurching and their odd smell, brought her back. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I lurched forward, all strength gone from my muscles. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Well, if I ever did! Her going away and leaving you poor dear children in the lurch like that,” said Mrs. Brill, a moment later, bustling in and setting to work on them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Just as she got to her feet in the dark, a second lurch threw her over again. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He lurched and fell aside, pitching across his table. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I lurch forward, pulling my hand out of my pocket. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The driver slammed the doors harder than necessary and lurched the bus forward. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed aboard, dropped his token in the coin box and lurched to his seat as the bus moved away from the curb. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My arms bore the whole weight of me as the metal lurched beneath me and I had to stretch through my toes to balance. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Mark turned a corner and lurched down the alley that led back to the Shack, sticking close to the building on his right for a partial shield. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z With every step, the crate tipped and lurched and bounced. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The truck lurched down the goat path, over the bridge and swung south towards El Puerto. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven’s heart lurched at the thought of Thorn fighting the Uncle alone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z We lurch forward, narrowly avoiding a gaping hole in the road. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I held tight waiting for the lurch, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stepped out of my crouch, my stomach lurched and sensation ripped back through my body, the sudden pain doubling me over. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Still, when the bus lurched forward I fell against his hand and felt his tiny sharp finger-nails scratching at my shirt. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I lurch a little, near the fountain, almost fall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was moving slowly, like every step hurt, and Seven’s heart lurched with concern. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Chin high, he staggers across, stumbling on the uneven riverbed, lurching into the hollows, straining against the current. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her toes lost contact with the wall, and her stomach lurched as she felt the pull of her weight and the rope. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then the door slammed shut, and the truck started with a lurch. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Finn’s stomach lurched, and he fought to keep from getting sick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My confidence lurched a little, though none of this was a surprise. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I scream, straining against my chains and lurching forward as far as they will allow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Von Marsh hollered, nearly toppling from the sudden lurch of movement. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Lori was lurching around the living room, her eyebrows and bangs all singed off and the smell of burned hair in the air. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His stomach lurched and turned over, and he sat frozen in the dark closet, with only the sound of his air and the thud of his heart. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was staring at an old lady wearing a straw hat, wondering if the flowers on it were real, and if they were what they would taste like, when the train lurched to a halt. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z My brain seemed to lurch full speed back into life, flooding with milky-white images of the two of us sitting in front his desk, staring at each other as a fire devoured everything around us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Before noon on the ninth day, the sea anchor broke away, and the boat lurched heavily as seas hit her broadside. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A silhouette appeared in the walkway arch, lurching left and right. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I also remember him staggering through the front door and lurching for the couch after closing at the pub. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She rings the bell in the carriage, and the thing lurches forward like it’s drunk on rotgut. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I soon doze off, waking with a lurch when the driver beeps his horn. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I was more aware of the forward lurch of the car than I was of my own heartbeat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With an awkward lurch of her arm, she jabbed the rod forward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She couldn’t tell; she was hurled this way and that, crushed onto a hard surface which then began to lurch and bump like a sledge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Some kind of knowledge lurched inside him even before his eyes adjusted to the dark interior. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Goose bumps rise on my pale arms, and my stomach lurches. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He lurched forward and she stepped back, only to realize that he was not grabbing for her, he was opening the fridge. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The bird began to struggle, to flap its wings, and as soon as it lurched in its fight to fly, pecking at Genie’s hand, he got scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He had young Baby Kochamma’s aching heart on a leash, bumping behind him, lurching over leaves and small stones. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rail was lurching so violently, I could hardly keep hold of it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The van's walls and floor shudder and jerk as if it's alive, and to my shock, as it lurches forward, my body slides around. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Samuel was silent for quite a long time while the buggy lurched down the wheel track toward the dusty valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We start with a lurch, while overhead the siren screams: Make way, make way! The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Her heart lurched and fear took over her body as she stood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The caravan clacked and lurched its way through the forest. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The subway lurches and another wave of people goes out, comes in. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Every time Charybdis inhaled, the ship shuddered and lurched forward. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When Grey Wind bounded out, one of them dropped his pole and lurched back, stumbling and sitting down abruptly in the river. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He terrified all of us, lurching around the tiny room, cursing in Japanese and swinging his bottles wildly. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It swung its head from side to side and then gave out a low moan and turned and lurched away and loped soundlessly into the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The vision blurred and I instinctively lurched back. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z When she stepped into the corridor and heard distant heavy footsteps in the stairwell, she thought of German jackboots, and her stomach lurched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In terrible pain, he took a staggering step off the track, twisted his ankle, then lurched back on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Except sometimes we drive around again after, riding in Brick's car, usually, and cranking the music so loud the thumpa thumpa sets the car lurching on its tires. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He stepped left, and the Kaelish lurched forward, carried by his own momentum. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It is a kind of mirror image of swing, and although it hasn't got a name one might call it 'lurch'. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He pushes past me and lurches down the hall to a door. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt my heart lurch when she said that. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The ship lurched forward and I was thrown to the deck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z As the bus lurched forward again, Cara lowered her voice and said, “Can you guys keep a secret?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z As the train lurched to a start, Will tucked himself neatly into an overhead luggage rack and curled into a tight ball, doing his best to rub some warmth into his muddy toes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The chariot rumbled through the strawberry fields, across the volleyball pit, and lurched to a halt in front of the Big House. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The big woman lurched around until she was able to catch each dog by the scruff of the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But he allowed himself to be pulled along as they lurched over the black crevice to the next floe, Hazel conscious of how clumsy she must look. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She took a lurching step forward, propping her weight on her one front leg, and looked at Malcolm for a moment more before turning and loping clumsily back into the shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Tyrion lurched to his feet, driving his head into the horse's belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But before he could speak, he gave a gasp, made a choking lurch, and clutched his breast, and she knew the same thing was happening to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I wonder what he made that lurch for, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Boy,” she called up as it lurched away from the curb, “I’m going to leave the porch door open!” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She would lurch out of dark corners; houses with crazy girls have locked rooms and drawn curtains. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the bus finally lurches to our stop, I’m more than happy to get on it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He lurches out of the driveway and I’m thrown off the backseat. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie said nothing, and the other passengers stumbled and lurched back to their seats after getting their eyeful of the tragedy on the street. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Harry curried Ulysses in the lantern light and hummed a song that I recognized with a lurch as “I Love You Truly.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then a metallic squeal rang out, the rope pulled taut, and we lurched into the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And at that moment Sam too lurched and fell forwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mark’s heart lurched and he broke into a sprint, following Alec down the curved passage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A bus comes lurching around the curve, obscuring her view. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My heart lurched with affection as he leaned in to kiss me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The bus engine thrummed to life and lurched into gear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We lurched forward, but Beckendorf s driver just swung his chariot to our left and pulled up next to us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Ollie lurches back, holding his palms up to stop me from coming closer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Several of the boys were pushing as well, and with a sudden lurch the bottom of the boat lifted from the mud and moved forward into the water. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The train lurches to the left, and Uriah falls against me, his fingers pinching the paintball until a stream of pink, foul-smelling paint sprays on my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The chaplain did not dare raise his eyes until the closed car had lurched from the area and the speeding wheels were whining on the bumpy blacktop road. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He lurches forward to the door, opens it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In another few minutes, the raft lurched and I knew it had grounded. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he knew without asking that Crane-man had hobbled down to the beach and lurched about on the sand, so treacherous to his crutch, only to come away empty- handed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I saw him my stomach went through a series of sudden drops and lurches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael saw men go lurching down, saw the machine-gun fire whipping the water’s surface, and lowered himself even farther. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, to his surprise, she suddenly lurched forward and kissed him, catching him completely off guard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Her breathing was getting quite laboured, and as we walked together, she’d now and then lurch into me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The carter flicks both bullocks with his whip, the animals strain forward, the cart gives a lurch. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In his hand, he carries the leftovers wrapped in his kromar and my stomach lurches with happiness in anticipation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We pulled into our driveway, and when Pa hit the brakes, the Wildcat lurched forward sharply enough to wake the nappers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The sight of him made something lurch in her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The fish was pulling so hard that the little boat was plowing and lurching through the waves. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Sam pushes the stick shift into gear, and the vehicle lurches forward, weed killer sloshing in the giant tanks behind us. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A catfish the size of my stepfather lurched away into the gloom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t seem to be doing much damage, but Tartarus lurched around, obviously not used to fighting in a humanoid body. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With a quick lunge, he struck his knife into the heart of the elephant, and then fell to his knees as the great beast roared out and lurched upon his feet. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z As the elevator lurches forward, a gap in the metal wall slides open. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I lurched to a cubicle and leaned against the padlocked swinging doors. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And down came the demons from everywhere, frenzied creatures of darkness, lurching wildly toward their prey. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The carriage lurched while she clamped onto my bracelet and attempted to pull it off my arm. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As the blood spilled over the Queen’s tongue, Kaede’s world lurched. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My heart gave a sudden, terrifying lurch and I took a step back. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She hit then, the keel-centerboard bumping with a sickening feeling that shuddered all through him, a lurching, dead feeling. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the brakes squeaked in protest and the taxi came to a lurching halt alongside a row of deserted warehouses. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The driver gunned the engine—the bus lurched as it slammed into the womans body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And in the meantime, I’ve left Charlotte of the Palatine in the lurch. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I felt a lurch of disappointment that my time with Sahil was almost over. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Hour after hour, mile after mile, lurching back and forth in the wagon, Mollie crossed the wild, empty landscape, not yet carved into a country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z While I was lighting the cigarette for her, someone elbowed me in the back and I lurched forward. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Impulsively she grabs my hand, squeezes it, as we lurch around the corner; she turns to me and I see her face, there are tears running down her cheeks, but tears of what? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They hurtled forward with such a violent lurch that all three almost toppled into the Hudson. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I chose smaller pieces, hoping my weight could control the lurch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And it was about then that Lyra felt the first distant lurch of nausea, pain, and fear that was the unmistakable touch of the Specters. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He ran to the hatch, but the tree house lurched so violently that he fell to the floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her stomach lurched; sweat broke out on her skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I find myself staring at Sana’s tattoo, and my stomach lurches at the sight of the fist and flame. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He shot a Stunning Spell at Crabbe, who lurched out of the way, knocking Malfoy’s wand out of his hand; it rolled out of sight beneath a mountain of broken furniture and boxes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Looking down made his head spin and his stomach lurch, so he forced his gaze to the hatch door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z At that moment, the Hato lurched heavily and something happened to the boat falls. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw the trees on the far bank at a strange angle; she saw the gray sky lurching above; she saw Maila battling against the current. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The golem raised his arms, lurched to one side, and completed an awkward cartwheel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He would have said, “Morning,” although it wasn’t, but he thought the man lurching down the steps was white and not to be spoken to without leave. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was light enough on his feet that it wasn’t much of a hit, but she gave a sharp cry and lurched forward, spilling her champagne. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Lolo steps off the median, and Roli lurches us out of the lane. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Nathan lurched outside to say goodbye to him, even though he was still mad. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Two of the men obeyed, and the balloon lurched up, but the other two had their attention on the soldiers, who were moving quickly around the corner of the building. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bartender looked as if he was going to ask something more, but the bear lurched toward him suddenly and the man shut the door in alarm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Metal ground against metal; a lurching shudder shook the floor beneath him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But when I reach the edge of the carnage, the ground lurches and the battlefield stretches out ahead of me again in its entirety. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Harry’s stomach lurched with nerves and Ron, he saw, looked pale under his freckles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Queen Anne’s Revenge lurched away from the dock, and by the time the pirates arrived at the water's edge, we were already underway, sailing into the Sea of Monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He lurched toward the open window, not sure whose name to call out. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Catelyn was thinking of her girls, wondering if she would ever see them again, when the Greatjon lurched to his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ekon’s heart lurched when the old man held out a frail, trembling hand and smiled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The doors hissed closed and the train lurched forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The zeppelin rose with a lurch and moved over the rim of the mountain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sarai had to lurch back from the blast of heat as Ruby was engulfed in a crackling, deep-orange column of fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And as soon as I write that, it’s real—so real, it makes my stomach lurch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Two throng haints lurched out the door a second later, galloping after them at full speed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The train lurches forward, and I can see the land moving past us through the window. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Leroy turned off the key, but he left it in gear, so when he took his foot off the clutch, the truck lurched forward suddenly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was broken by the fall, and an arrow protruded from its side, but still it lurched up and lunged with a flopping malice at Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I tripped several times, once falling, catching myself with my hands, scraping them on the sidewalk, and then lurching up to plunge forward again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Ha, ha, ha," she says sarcastically, and I feel the truck shift gears and lurch forward. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z From the lurch in his step, she could tell at once that Viserys had found his wine . . . and something that passed for courage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I close my eyes to stop everything from lurching, but it doesn’t help. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My heart gave a sick lurch when I looked to Sohrab’s bed and found it empty. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I stayed quiet and watched him lurch from one side, bumping to the other, until he reached the coal-oil tank. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The car makes an abrupt stop, lurching us forward then sideways as Seven makes a wide U-turn. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Well, hitting the accelerator is actually the RV lurching and climbing slowly to thirty-five. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He walked with a lurching motion that struck Lina as somehow familiar. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "And you left him in the lurch, didn't you? You let him go to jail for a month over in New Jersey. God! You ought to hear Walter on the subject of YOU." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He helps me up and holds my hand, and the room keeps lurching, but I end up in a chair somehow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Deemer looked like his limbs were made of springs that sent him lurching ahead in a series of herky-jerky leaps and bounds. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure of its purpose until he lurched forward, drawing his restraints tight, and vomited into the mask. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He lurched sideways, almost crushing the dazed chicken flapping at his feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A drunken wreck of a man lurched into Theo, who put a quarter into the filthy outstretched hand, more out of fright than charity. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach lurched and tightened and lurched again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Golden wheat flew in every direction, while the blue sky and the mountain lurched absurdly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Rubbing my ears in an attempt to stop them from ringing, I lurched over to the back porch and waited expectantly for one of my parents to come down off it and kill me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Lina went closer, and when she saw who it was, her insides gave a lurch. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her face is turned, not toward the people sitting around me, but toward the city we pass as the bus lurches forward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
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