lurk
Speech parts
1. lurk - Noun
2. lurk - Verb
Meaning
To lie hid; to lie in wait.
To keep out of sight.
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It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies lurk under the bushes.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.
I think he's handling it with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box.
Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring.
Leopards lurk in dark corners.