jerk

Example Sentences

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"It's Olympic lifts we're doing - clean and jerk, snatches, squats, the lot," says men's lead Hammy McMillan.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

“That jerk will be gone soon,” Trump said of Powell, whose term as chairman ends in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Am I being a jerk if I just don’t do anything at all?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

“It’s really bad fanfic author behavior. All these people gave me lovely feedback, and I enjoyed it, and then I just took it away like a jerk to make money.”

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

Hubert might be a genius, but he was also a jerk.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein