lurks 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. Ageist langage often lurks in job postings

2. Another popular hypothesis is that aggression lurks in our genes.

3. (Mark 13:33-37) Danger lurks in the shadows of today’s world.

4. Beneath his smart, generous, unflappable exterior lurks massive insecurity.

5. Behind his cool exterior lurks a reckless and frustrated person.

6. Behind the mocking laughter lurks a growing sense of unease.

7. 18 Behind all foreign policy there lurks, or ought to lurk, careful political calculation.

8. Most researchers worldwide understand Blinding terminology, but confusion lurks beyond a general comprehension

9. 11 No ulterior motive lurks behind it,(www.Sentencedict.com) but it keeps you at a distance.

10. And herein lurks the deceptively soft, and indeed ever-welcoming, Bosom of Nanny State

11. But now the threat comes from much higher than the skies —it lurks in outer space.

12. Another surge in the euro would further curb the ECB's hawkishness, and who knows what else lurks ahead?

13. They have sensed, as the layman does not, the damage to established ideas which lurks in these relationships.

14. What I fear for my people is milk in which the devil lurks between the froth and the cream.

15. Men harden themselves against outer threats and against inner weaknesses, against the femininity that lurks in us.

16. It lurks just under the surface close to the shore off the South coast of Mull near the feared Torran Rocks.

17. The Bowfin fish is a large and tenacious predator that lurks within America’s freshwater bodies, gobbling up smaller prey that passes by

18. Unlike his penis shaped comrades, this Chocolate Buttholes gift ventures to the depths of the human body to uncover what lurks beneath

19. Yet this has transformed our society into a bunch of Addlebrained paranoid germaphobic morons, afraid that the virus lurks in every nook and cranny

20. Mr Grange lurks like a big spider in the deep shade at the back of the produce stand beside the watermelons.

21. Obsessed with death and the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family's history and on the teeming alien life of the city

22. These are the true unknowns, where uncertainty lurks hidden in the future, unperceived by everyone until it strikes and delivers its surprise impact.

23. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city

24. Kristen Wiig commented that "as easy, breezy, and infectious as Perry's songs can be, beneath the surface lurks a sea of mixed emotions, jumbled motives, and contradictory impulses complicated enough to fill a Carole King record."

25. It appears in his play, Hamlet, in the second act, where Polonius says, “Since Brevity is the soul of wit / And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief…” However, doubt about the creation of this phrase lurks among literary circles.

26. Blasphemic Hellsorcery of the Necrogoat Deathlegion by A Congregation of Horns, released 30 November 2020 Goats rise from the fire On bone wings they rise higher As cattle are steered to the gallows Hooves trample ground so hallowed Brown shirts march one by one Under whip and under gun Enter now where fires burn Nazis crying take their turns Hell opens wide Death lurks inside Hungry for …