jerkily
Example Sentences
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Sirens sound, the youth turns to run into a bunker, and the camera jerkily follows.
From Nature ● Jan. 1, 2019
The bedroom was warm, and I alternated between feeling drowsy and anxiously, jerkily awake.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
The men with logs balance jerkily, while an entire family wobbles precariously by on one bicycle.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2016
“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
He nodded jerkily, a habit of Maine men, a greeting.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
