jerkily

Example Sentences

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His stream of consciousness jerkily encompasses, at one point or another, Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton, Medgar Evers and his mother’s pinto beans.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

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

Unexpectedly, Angela found herself thinking, in a spirit of protecting Cecilia from all the dangers out there, Move more gracefully, less jerkily.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

Others moved by themselves, but jerkily, like broken robots.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell