lurking

Examples of lurked

lurked

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Yet we must remember that behind such publications lurked a less disciplined political culture.
Yet behind it lurked nothing less than a program for national renewal.
It lurked in strangers' faces, and their voices.
Such elfin mischiefmakers should surely have lurked and scurried about the stage.
The earthquake led him to discover that beneath a well organized life there lurked violence and injustice.
Even in those who did not complain, the infection always lurked.
The human figures reduced to type, shrank in size, and lurked the margins as guides to the monumental scale of nature's nation.
Moreover, political tests lurked in welfare provision as in other arenas under the regime's authority.
Underlying this emphasis there lurked the suggestion that women did not belong in parliament, unless they turned into honorary men.
Clearly, erudition, scholarship, and rhetorical persuasion were central to the sacerdotium; just as, clearly, the imperium lurked close behind.
In other cases, insinuated meanings lurked uncertainly in the shadows of open ' ' ones.
Behind a facade of charm, wit, arrogance, and on occasion callousness, also lurked deep insecurities and, in particular, doubts about his creativity.
And it was also left to the racial nationalists to point out the issue that lurked just below the surface of all discussions of intermarriage, an issue often left unspoken.
Ever since men began fighting each other, the fear of war has lurked in people's minds.
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