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Collocations for lurch - noun

ADJECTIVE

sickening, sudden, violent

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VERB + lurch

give
Her heart gave a lurch when she saw him.
feel
John felt a lurch of fear in his stomach.

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PREPOSITION

with a lurch
The train stopped with a lurch.
lurch into
Starting her own business was a lurch into the unknown.

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Collocations for lurch - verb

ADVERB

violently
Suddenly the train lurched violently.
slightly
suddenly
backwards/backward, forward, sideways
She gave a little cry and lurched forward.

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PREPOSITION

along
The bus lurched along the mountain road.
into
A man lurched into her office.
towards/toward
He lurched towards/toward the door.

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PHRASES

lurch to your feet
The drunk lurched to his feet and tried to follow us.

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Lurch is used with these nouns as the subject:
boat, heart, stomach, train

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