jerkily

Example Sentences

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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

“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

We could not let the photographer fix us in the frame, we could not let him capture us on whatever film still held them here, dancing jerkily on the hexagonal floor.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015

Richard turned quickly, jerkily, and Olanna was relieved that there was nothing close or he would have knocked it over.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie