jerk
Example Sentences
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How can I push back on this without looking like a jerk?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Wadadli’s jerk chicken, usually a summer craze, was doing numbers in March and April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Alongside a history of campaign finance investigations, Ogles can be a jerk.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
They also helped researchers identify the abrupt changes linked to the Pacific reversal and the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
As she walked by, I felt Gum Baby jerk up in my hood.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
