Sentences with phrase «lurches forward»

The man lurches forward, frozen in his perpetual movement and ordinary clothes, an energy preserved in his body and tense, nervous face.

One of the novel's flaws, however, is that this same dissonance can at times be jarring, as the story frequently stops then precariously lurches forward.

At that point, the V - 6 wakes up, the transmission downshifts several gears, and the LR4 lurches forward with much effort.

I grab the long chrome stalk, work it into the «4» slot of the four - speed automatic, and the car lurches forward suddenly.

The story lurches forward in spasms.

The story lurches forward six years and deals with Peter Hunter (Paddy Considine), a Manchester policeman whose bosses assign him to take a shot at catching the Yorkshire Ripper, stomping all over the professional pride — and corrupt self - interest — of the local cops, some of whom make their encore appearance here.

When such a «cork» is removed, the glacier lurches forward.

When you step on the gas the car lurches forward or doesn't respond.

It lurches forward and stops abruptly.

Policy, Profits and Propping... that is without a doubt the underlying fundamental support for a massive and growing phase of market speculation that becomes more dangerous with every week that it lurches forward.

Harrison argued hopping on or off a slow - moving boxcar was safer than waiting for it to fully stop, which could cause someone to lurch forward.

Perhaps a lot of people were hoping that true clarity, contrition and conviction would come, and that the movement, in a healthier state, would lurch forward again.

They — naturally — aren't too happy, with both kids lurching forward towards the 30 - year - old's vehicle and aiming forceful gobs of spit at the driver.

The car lurched forward and zoomed straight down the eighth - of - a-mile track, roaring and squealing.

As soon as he hit «blast off», the plane lurched forward for takeoff.

Be sure to guard your baby's head as it's easy for her to lurch forward into a face - plant from this spot.

The crash tests we've seen on the tube usually have the dummies lurching forward into air bags, which are designed to keep them from kissing the steering wheel or windshield.

Q — When watching crash tests on TV, I see the crash dummies always lurching forward into the steering wheel or windshield.

A belly lurch forward, a backward scramble — crawling is baby's first attempt at moving around independently and a natural next step after rolling over and sitting upright.

That meant they stayed still for long periods of time while stress built up, before lurching forwards.

An ambitious plan to build a pipeline to carry water from the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea lurched forward this month, after the World Bank held hearings to gather public comments on the proposal.

The film itself moves with a zombie - like gait, lurching forward and coming to dead halts before lumbering on.

A film which begins as a chamber piece set in a very specific period suddenly begins to lurch forward in time in disconcerting fashion.

He teaches enslaved Rachel (Gugu Mbatha - Raw) to read and fight, the two of them creating a child and leading the film to lurch forward eighty - five years, when the state of Mississippi imprisons a descendant whom it declared to be one - eighth «Negro,» demanding that he annul his marriage to a white woman.

Moses could not have said it better: «The next lurch forward in civil rights is that every child in America gets a quality public education and that our nation's promise of freedom continues.»

The tick should be heard every time the car lurches forwards or backwards

It will lurch forwards - or backwards - violently, without warning, potentially causing injury to pedestrians and / or damage to adjacent vehicles.

As a bonus component to this question, I have a bit of a wonky transmission that tends to «catch» or «lurch forward» when I attempt to accelerate too fast directly after breaking.

But then the locked rear differential does its thing, and we lurch forward.

I went to accelerate in a typical manner, and it had lurched forward twice; the second time about half a second after the first.

When the transmission finally shifts, the engine is already accelerating causing it to «catch» and «lurch forward» as you described.

The problem is most serious with the A / C on; when the compressor clutch kicks in while stopped, if your foot isn't firmly on the brake, the vehicle will lurch forward as the computer increases the idle.

It's easily bogged down in the lower reaches of its RPM, but wind it up and it lurches forwards on waves of boost.

Sometimes it would be very difficult to get the car to shift from P to D, and it would lurch forward quickly once you let off the brake.

Sometimes when the car starts it will lurch forward even with the clutch pedal fully depressed.

Driving along at 20 mph and switching between the normal and Eco modes is like day and night; you can really feel the vehicle resist speed when going into Eco and then almost lurch forward as it rolls more freely and accelerates more readily in normal mode.

And unless there is a «creep» function, AMT cars usually start from a standstill with a lurch forward - and boy have we seen that on the Maruti AGS systems of yore.

The second and third time the car was lurching forward.

This feature helps prevent the car from lurching forward or backward in case the driver hits the accelerator pedal instead of the brake when first starting the car.

In fact, one of the more troublesome aspects of our week with the Pathfinder was its tetchy throttle response: the slightest tweak of the gas pedal will send the 5,000 - pound mass lurching forward, which is good news for the (very) few that will be racing GMC Yukons off the lights but a hindrance when trying to park in tight spots.

Len lurched forward.

She lurched forward, grabbing the table in front of her.

The rock smashed against Rodger's face with a sickening smack as the mob continued to hurl stones at him, and the Chenku Class Vessel Captain lurched forward, almost passing out from pain as a dirt clod burst on his back, obviously being mistaken for a rock by one of the villagers.

It's great to know you enjoyed EVA Air, I've flown them before, long long ago in 2003 from Manila to Taipei and I remember the flight attendant literally tossed me my lunch as she lurched forward due to turbulence!

Edinburgh's trams take another lurch forward today with the start of tram testing between Gogar depot and Edinburgh Park Station.

The character design is just as creative as the level design as you will encounter flies with paper clips attached to them that will lurch forward very suddenly in an attempt to quite literally burst Baby's balloon.

When the plaintiff signaled the other contractor to stop the crane, it stopped momentarily, but it lurched forward shortly afterwards and caused the plaintiff to fall in the vehicle's path.

The Fifth Estate is a powerful, if dramatized, entry point for a discussion about this extraordinary lurch forward in our society.

Not exact matches

I have a love for plucky backmarkers and always hope they'll move forward — love a good success story and always hoped they'd lurch into the top ten and prove everyone wrong.

But Jack's career has been like a teenager trying to learn to drive stick: it lurches about half a dozen times, leaps forward, and dies.