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Sirens sound, the youth turns to run into a bunker, and the camera jerkily follows.

From Nature ● Jan. 1, 2019

Jed took the clubs and flailed them jerkily over his head.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 18, 2018

“Be my hero! The world is right before me, the future is in my eyes!” a pop singer crooned as they jerkily pumped their small, identical fists in the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2016

At first, they stand in three trios, arms stretching upward as if playing, jerkily, at being trees — an image that returns.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2016

He walked jerkily, and now and then he wiped his mouth with the hairy back of his hand.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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