jerk
Example Sentences
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“Investors do not want to see this and the negative knee jerk reaction is being seen,” Ives said of Alphabet stock’s drop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Rarely does the movie hit on any salient points that the series hasn’t already made, opting instead to repeat narrative patterns and jerk a few tears here and there.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
"But Caroline moves around as the kids move or jerk their heads and she goes with the flow - that's the real key thing for us, plus the calming setting of her studio."
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
But as I crossed a rocky section with some loose boulders, I worried one wrong jerk could send me tumbling, so I dialed down the power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
When a monkey steps in to get an apple, just lift up on the handle, jerk the blue ring, and you’ll have one for sure.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
