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
“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
At first, they stand in three trios, arms stretching upward as if playing, jerkily, at being trees — an image that returns.
From New York Times ● May 18, 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
Despite all that, after a minute or two we were—bumpily, jerkily, somewhat hesitatingly—on our way.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
