lurch

July, Gatsby's gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door and gave out a burst of melody from its three-noted horn.

The Democrats were clever enough to tack to the centre at a time when the Republicans appeared to have lurched to the extreme right.

As the car lurched over the snow he lifted his eyes and saw black people upon the snow-covered sidewalks.

And what of French television? It has lurched in recent years from a state-controlled earnestness to a privatized creative wasteland.

Europe's financial crisis has lurched into a perilous new phase as dire predictions emerge of a collapse in the Greek economy.

To understand why timekeeping has suddenly lurched into high gear, it helps to know a little about how atomic clocks work.

As cars swayed, and trees lurched overhead, you could feel the power of the beast writhing underneath Japan.

"It used to be much wetter here when I was a boy, " Hamad Reesi said, as our S. U. V. lurched up a gravel switchback in the foothills.

Embracing the darkness, he lurched on up the endless climb, winding around the mighty chamber.

The wounded man reeled and fell as he lurched toward the bear with a knife .

It lurched across the road towards the loch some 20 yards away, leaving only a trail of broken undergrowth in its wake.

Russia has lurched into reverse after 10 years of uninterrupted growth driven by revenue from oil, gas, metals and consumer spending.

He fought with his fear again, overcame it, hitched the pack still farther over on his left shoulder , and lurched on down the slope.

Before he could answer, I scrambled up from the couch and lurched my way up the stairs.

He lurched to the left again years later as he prepared for a run at the presidency in 2007.

FOR more than a year the euro zone's debt drama has lurched from one nail-biting scene to another.

The three rivals lurched into high gear(2), launching the greatest race of the decade as they roared across the starting line.

She shook her head, smiled bitterly, and then out of nowhere she lurched forward and slapped me.

Yet this week it lurched closer to extinction after senior figures walked out to form a new political group.

He pulled on his cup, lurched desperately through the doorway, and was gone.

As we lurched into motion, he showed us where he stood by reaching into his shirt pocket and pulling out a laminated picture.

Yet domestic stock markets have spiralled downwards and lurched wildly out of synch with global trends.

Finally, Kyla's body lurched, and she began to cough and spit up water.

Musicians struck up a cacophony of eerie mourning sounds that lurched into an intense two-string Chinese violin-led drone.

The sled lurched ahead in what appeared a rapid succession of jerks , though it never really came to a dead stop again . . . half an inch .

The Lakers' listless season had lurched precariously close to the edge.

Close behind appeared Edmund, bow in hand, haggard and out of breath. He lurched onto the path.

Over the past three months, the relationship between Rio Tinto and China has lurched from one crisis to the next.

The country has had a pretty good crisis. GDP has lurched sickeningly downward, but employment has not.

A tale of two expats HEARTS lurched into throats. Your correspondent's driver braked hard.

The boat lurched about in the storm.

Lenovo has, in the space of three years, lurched from looking into the distance to peering nervously over its shoulder.

But when an officer went round to the passenger side, the car lurched forward and he was knocked over.

What happens next depends on three questions. Why has the crisis lurched onto a new, destructive path?

With a loud groan we lurched from the station, loaves of bread still being flung toward the windows.

Higher taxes will eventually be inevitable, since so many governments have lurched heavily into deficit.

The notion that the SPD has lurched to the left is "outrageous nonsense" , says Mr Beck.

There were frequent breakdowns and numerous accidents as the convoy lurched along at an average of 6 miles per hour!

The talks to avert a government shutdown have lurched this week between optimism and pessimism.

The broken bone was speckled with brown blood, but still he lurched forward, reaching for Young Griff.

Sophie said, as the car lurched down the road.

The harpoon sank deep into Moby's side. In pain, the whale lurched forward, tangling the line.

Suddenly the broken aircraft lurched again, setting off a series of explosions from somewhere outside.

HEARTS lurched into throats. Your correspondent's driver braked hard.

The pro-market, pro-globalisation political centre has lurched to the left.

He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life.

Beijing's heavy investment in high-speed rail has lurched from scandal to tragedy.

GDP has lurched sickeningly downward, but employment has not.

Before that, temperatures had lurched in the other direction.

The ship lurched in the storm.

And the market prices that garnered much of the world's attention during 2007 and 2008 were of commodities, which lurched upwards.

A series of mishaps followed, as countries lurched into default or devaluation.

The truck lurched forward ten yards, then foundered.

The motor bucked and lurched before it finally ran smoothly.

The wounded soldier lurched forward.

Instead, the country has lurched from crisis to crisis.

lurched onto the tundra like bawling infants.

Just then a man lurched past us a flash of green.

On March 1st it lurched down against the dollar by 2%.

Big economies such as China and India have become vastly more prosperous, while the eurozone has lurched into an existential crisis.

The rupee lurched to a record low of Rs50 to the dollar.

Inflation ranged between 2. 7% and 15. 5%; growth lurched between 16. 2% and 0. 3%.

lurched into her, she would open her eyes

They shook and lurched all over the church floor

Then the royal tern took off, wavering, lurched twice,