jerking

Example Sentences

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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

When Megan Hastings was 10 years old she began having "jerking tics" but thought it was anxiety.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

“Overflow,” an usher posted outside the church doors said as we approached, jerking his thumb toward the rear parking lot where the grammar school was located.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

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

With the jerking of the train, it seemed like he was running a race, his arms pumping, his knees hitting his chest, the train chugging.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia