Lurch

But she’s too drunk to keep her balance and the momentum of the lurch is enough to send her sprawling.

the boat gave a violent lurch , and he missed his footing

The tank’s engine rose and pitch, and gave a sudden lurch as the treads sprung to life.

he left you in the lurch when you needed him most

There was the lurch of takeoff and the coffee and pastries I’d had during the meeting got friendly with parts of my body I’d rather they stayed clear of.

Try having that for the best part of several weeks, with the occasional lurch in either direction.

The irony is that a lurch to the left might actually prolong the inevitable fall of this medieval institution.

As the articles indicate, it is this crisis, in the final analysis, that lies behind the lurch to war and dictatorial forms of rule.

Alcohol was banned, minority Islamic sects were outlawed and the lurch to the right began.

The first minister’s lurch to populist authoritarianism is obscuring a success story, one in which law and order policies seem to be working.

However, she felt a sudden lurch in her stomach as she came to an abrupt stop.

Her eyes, dark and brooding, her body language – a little stoop here, a little lurch there – says it all.

The lurch to the right is regrettable, but it’s perhaps not the business of the rest of the world.

He was hit with a sudden flash of vertigo, and his stomach rolled over in a lazy lurch .

Wrenching sideways, I feel the rope make a sudden lurch down, frightening me.

The only thing he succeeded in was causing a great lurch and a tremor.

Their lurch to the Left was disastrous for them at the last election.

Suddenly there was a great lurch , and he slid to the end of his cage.

As Kwenn reached him, the ship gave a sudden, violent lurch to one side.

the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing

A second goal was in the air and Ruud van Nistelrooy went looking for it with a melodramatic lurch to the ground in search of a penalty.

A brief lurch and we moved: bumping over mud, then smoothly over deeper snow.

I shrieked, once again lurching forward and grabbing Lash by the back of his beat up concert shirt.

So in a cloud of dust, the taxi lurched forward, throwing me back into my seat at the back.

Kelu departed forthwith, despite the guru’s curse for leaving him in the lurch .

But after the Soviets were defeated in Afghanistan, we were left in the lurch .

Then, the line lurched forward and we began progressing further towards the studio.

Some of the ‘cool’ people will leave you in the lurch or betray your friends; at least one of the people you can’t stand will prove to be a loyal, courageous, and inspiring friend.

Elderly people in Little Hulton were left in the lurch when the local launderette closed – meaning a one and a half mile trek to the nearest facilities.