jerky

Example Sentences

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The aim is to be bustlingly kinetic, but the feel is pure kindergarten: no logic, just jerky leaps from one gaming situation to the next, with characters and objects taking on whatever powers are needed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Far in the back was a station that was made of crisscrossing beams, upon which were thin strips of meat being turned into jerky.

From Literature

Dried mango that tears like jerky between your teeth.

From Salon

The Epstein files also feature pizza—and plenty of beef jerky.

From The Wall Street Journal

My foot made jerky motions as it pushed down, but soon the wheel spun with a familiar rhythm, like a song sung to me in the cradle.

From Literature