lurked in English

verb
1
(of a person or animal) be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.
a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness
synonyms:skulkloiterlie in waitlie lowhideconceal oneselftake coverkeep out of sight

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1. Around every corner lurked doubt and uncertainty.

2. A dozen or so greenish boulders lurked with angular menace below.

3. Beneath his confident and charming exterior, lurked a mass of insecurities.

4. Beneath his confident and charming exterior[Sentence dictionary], lurked a mass of insecurities.

5. Then in the cracks between the lino strips lurked crumbs, hairs embedded in solid grease.

6. But pirates lurked in the shoals of global commerce, ready to plunder the cargoes.

7. He was monumental in defence, arriving with clattering stealth whenever danger lurked in front of Stefan Klos.

8. Beneath that wild, impulsive exterior lurked as sophisticated a character as she was ever likely to encounter.

9. Where is the proof that I lurked in a church and killed Mandeville's servant with a crossbow bolt?

10. She had Agnostical views and was a supporter of radical ideas, behind which lurked republicanism, and the Queen knew it.

11. It also wore a youthful face, the greater part of which lurked behind the thick pebbled spectacles of the seriously myopic.

12. Unfortunately, through an error in navigation, the column swung east at about 2100, unaware of the danger that lurked in the fog dead ahead of them.

13. The original Bombinating Beast was a mythological sea monster that lurked in the waters outside the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. It was known to eat humans, and made a terrifying Bombinating (buzzing) sound while hunting

14. Arab -- to lie in waitroot Definition to lie in wait NASB Word Usage ambush (15), Ambushes(2), lay in wait (3), lie in ambush (1), lie in wait (7), lies in wait (1), lurked (1 /hebrew/693.htm- 6k