jimmy

Example Sentences

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“I wasn’t really thinking about the fight at the time,” Forsyth said of his moments jimmying his way into the FBI office.

From Washington Post

“Unfortunately, inside of our system in certain units, our detainees have the ability to jimmy their locks,” Edwards said.

From Seattle Times

In their video, posted Friday, the structure is jimmied into place under cover of darkness while one man shouts, “You can’t bring me down!”

From Seattle Times

One of the couple’s sons went to their house to check on them, found the front door jimmied open and called state police.

From Seattle Times

"I want Mike to win, I think he'd be a better congressman, but I don't want to 'jimmy' the election," Parris added.

From Fox News