Synonyms for lurks
lurks

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1. List of paraphrases for "lurks":

   lies, hides

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1. Aristophanes:

   Under every stone lurks a politician.

2. P. G. Wodehouse:

   A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.

3. Edwin Hubbel Chapin:

   At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

4. Miguel de Cervantes:

   'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

5. Isadora Duncan:

   We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.