herky-jerky
Example Sentences
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Sometimes his movements were herky jerky, as if he were absorbing invisible blows.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2017
Mr. King tells a slightly garbled, herky jerky story with intermittent excursions to events at other large public hospitals in the South and Midwest, including Cook County, Miami’s Jackson Memorial and Charity, now closed.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2016
