jerking
Example Sentences
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Seven-year-old Alex, who is autistic, dreaded a trip to the hairdressers, "shaking and jerking" whenever he needed a trim and fearing the noisy environment of chatter and dryers.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
As for Arthur, the eye midge grants him a second life of sorts, popping itself into his dead skull and jerking him from prone into a seated position.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
But one weekend in the fall of 2022, with my wife and sleeping infant in the back, the Altima started jerking wildly on a busy street in San Francisco, then went dead.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2024
Pearl had flopped on her bed, math book spread in front of her, jerking a notebook from her bookbag.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
