jerkily
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Sirens sound, the youth turns to run into a bunker, and the camera jerkily follows.
From Nature ● Jan. 1, 2019
Dolgopolov does not so much stroke the tennis ball as he jerkily slaps at it, but when his timing is on, the results are breathtaking.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2017
The bedroom was warm, and I alternated between feeling drowsy and anxiously, jerkily awake.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
“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
Despite all that, after a minute or two we were—bumpily, jerkily, somewhat hesitatingly—on our way.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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