jerkily
Example Sentences
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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
“Be my hero! The world is right before me, the future is in my eyes!” a pop singer crooned as they jerkily pumped their small, identical fists in the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2016
At first, they stand in three trios, arms stretching upward as if playing, jerkily, at being trees — an image that returns.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2016
It wasn’t rising with grace so much as jerkily trying to extricate itself from the work, and its head was still buried in the canvas.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
