lurk

Still, for decades, scientists had clues that a vast cloud of antimatter lurked in space, but they did not know where it came from.

On his left he had the field of battle. Death lurked round the corner of that wall.

The Mithril sergeant squinted, head cocked as he tried to distinguish the strange forms that lurked in the gloom.

What we didn't know at the time was that publishers of IT books lurked on those mailing lists, looking for potential authors.

None of us can know exactly what triggered this vicious attack . . . or what thoughts lurked in the inner recesses of a violent man's mind.

The seas and rivers were a mystery to be feared, for lurked unknown creatures and death by drowning.

But below the surface lurked concern and confusion.

As if in storm lurked calm and peace! . . .

He looked quite confident about the job, thought some doubts lurked in the depth of his mind.

He fled to his stateroom, where he lurked until the steamer was clear of the dock.

The lion lurked in the tall grass of the meadow, waiting for a chance to catch the young deer.

Sun Yat-sen and followed the generalissimo with revolutionary enthusiasm to power there lurked a strange feeling of guilt.

The boy lurked out of the dorm and crept down the drive.

Sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. But always it lurked, in the back of my mind.

did but reverence him the more . they little guessed what deadly purport lurked in those self - condemning words.

but beneath his fun lurked the sterile bitterness of the still young man who has tried and given up.

The shadows kept transforming themselves into deadly monsters that lurked and skulked in the night.

Some anxiety still lurked in her mind.

Lily had picked up a fallen flower from the bush behind which Snape lurked.

John was a nervous man and felt that danger lurked everywhere.

But concerns about what lurked on insurers' balance-sheets have probably been overdone.

Thugs, pickpockets and prostitutes lurked in the unlit alleys and shadowy streets.

And SuperCroc, which was probably too heavy to run, and which probably lurked at the water's edge, could have taken even bigger ones.

One more line of defense against the unnamed horrors that lurked beyondher walls.

Consuming them, I learned more of humanity, and more of the magic that lurked within their brief lives.

One evening, the bad guy lurked in the vicinity of the girl's garden and waited.

But always it lurked, hauntingly, in the back of my mind.

Treachery lurked behind his smooth manners.

on most social occasions , she lurked in the background.

Maybe that's because dinos were simply afraid of what lurked in the waters waiting for them.

Other motives may have lurked in the background.

The murderers lurked behind the trees.

Danger lurked in the atmosphere.

He lurked about the city like a thief.

It's long been suspected that genes lurked behind cancer.

The murderer lurked behind the trees.

But always it lurked, in the back of my mind.

The house felt safer than the for-est, but strange and alien. Small surprises lurked.

Pirates lurked safely in the inlets of North Carolina23, from which they regularly raided vessels trading at Charleston24.

Two of them lurked in the ruined graveyard.

An assassin lurked nearby.

The thief lurked in the shadows.

Some uneasiness still lurked in my mind.

The thief lurked behind a tree.

So the Korean reporter just lurked around, waiting for something he can report on.

The mystery lurked in the picture book that was newly found.

My dear friends, have you lurked today?

A half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire, but it was subdued;

Lurked like two thieves, to rob him of his fair;

In the cave lurked a horrid serpent with a crested head

Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfume,

Underneath Martin's awe lurked his assertive ego

For example, if we lurked in this ravine