jerk
Example Sentences
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But in January 2009 while filming the seventh film, he was rapidly jerked back on a harness, leaving him paralysed at the age of 24.
From BBC
“Maybe the Russians, to jerk the U.S. around, are waiving all the formalities,” he said.
An early riser, Witkoff begins his day as it ends, pacing with his cellphone on a video call, its camera jerking haphazardly around the interior of his waterfront Miami mansion or private jet.
At this week’s trial, Customs and Border Protection officer Joseph Zuraw said Judge Dugan jerked her thumb over her shoulder and told the agents to “get out.”
Am I being a jerk if I just don’t do anything at all?
From MarketWatch
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