lurking 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. Astalk: Stalking about; afoot; lurking about

2. Hey, who's your friend lurking in the elevator?

3. He's just lurking behind the scenes.

4. Someone was lurking in the shadows.

5. He's usually lurking somewhere near the bar.

6. A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.

7. There's a suspicious looking man lurking about outside.

8. There's sb. lurking behind that bush.

9. He was lurking slyly in the background.

10. Why are you lurking about in the corridor?

11. Why are you lurking around outside my house?

12. 1 He was lurking slyly in the background.

13. Lurking in uninhabited places, they slowly gather their strength.

14. But even more of a reprieve was lurking round the corner.

15. She didn't see the figure lurking behind the bushes.

16. A voyeur was seen lurking around the girl's dormitory.

17. Lurking on the sidelines, privy to family squabbles.

18. Antilogs can provide useful counterpoints or signposts for lurking danger

19. I knew that they must be lurking there somewhere.

20. It wound through lonely terrain, providing many lurking places for robbers.

21. But insufficiently strong policies have left dangers lurking beneath the surface.

22. Bugbears are the monsters lurking in the closet and hiding under the bed

23. An old upper-hab mind, lurking in hiding behind the new Fist mind?

24. He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.

25. But lurking among the logic and the facts the pangs remain.

26. So let me expose this lurking industry a little bit further.

27. Some saw the irrational spectre of money illusion lurking menacingly in the wings.

28. 4 She was actually becoming quite blase about the dangers lurking on their travels.

29. Real racism is bad enough: there's no need to see it lurking everywhere.

30. He was giving palpitations to perfectly decent women, by lurking like this.

31. Not a bit of pepper, either, unless that green thing lurking under a leaf was one.

32. The villagers reported that the lion from the zoo was still lurking close to.

33. I peered in, checking the base of the curtains where a hamster might be lurking.

34. I should detest my own heart if I saw either pride or resentment lurking in me.

35. She'd feel safer trapped in a cave, with some dark formless danger lurking in the shadows.

36. The Stranger could meet Brigant lurking around the eastern edge of Buccaneer's Den, behind the building

37. (Here's hoping Chris Sells is not that kind of Bullyragger, lurking behind a pleasant author's personna)

38. Perhaps you imagined a monster lurking outside your window, waiting to snatch you from your parents.

39. But the thought of an enemy lurking in battle fighting systems alarms the top brass.

40. Before Edward had time to simmer down he was buttonholed by Mrs Willmot, who had been lurking.

41. But potentially devastating revelations about big-money transfer deals in soccer are apparently lurking in Sugar's evidence.

42. He knew Bishop was lurking around somewhere, but the Adjudicator presented no danger he couldn't anticipate.

43. We scudded over the Dorus Mhor which was conveniently quiescent, its frothing tidal step lurking in the depths.

44. Lurking in the background, too, are the constant takeover rumors about the bank, the largest in Florida.

45. This will kill the green blob lurking in the watery depths and help you avoid the workman.

46. The Bleaching process effectively strips what appears to be our “natural” hair color, exposing the underlying pigment lurking beneath the

47. Those venturing into the countryside will need “arrows and the bow” for protection against wild animals lurking in the thickets.

48. In Alligators' native range throughout Texas and Florida, it's scary enough to worry about them lurking near creeks and lakes

49. Anglophilic television fans, however, will sense another character lurking in the bounding physicality and hyperverbal outbursts of this contemporary Holmes

50. I have a bunch of hoods lurking around some corner wanting ten thousand pounds that I have not got.