jerkily

Example Sentences

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A tear skittered down my cheek and was jerkily wiped away.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2019

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

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