judder

When we are out of sync, he says, we experience it as a kind of judder or twinge of social discomfort which “is your brain working a little harder to fix predictions that are wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

AR use was at times visually busy: insects and starbursts appeared tangential to the action, and there were a few instances of slight judder.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

And the technique isn’t simply used for action scenes and fast camera movements, the most obvious potential sources of blur or judder.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

These dips matter because sudden drops mean a more obvious judder or stutter for players.

From The Verge ● Nov. 25, 2020

The muted thunder of the plumbing—she had not noticed it begin—ceased with a judder that shook the air.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

After the recent IMF meetings, where central bankers vied to deliver hawkish messages, concerns are that policy screws will be tightened to an extent that growth judders to a halt.

From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2022

No More Heroes 3 can’t hold anywhere near a solid 30fps when you’re driving your bike around the city — the constant hitches and judders honestly made me feel a little nauseous at points.

From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2021

Apple told me that’s because it wants the interface and games to run as smoothly as possible; it’s found that the interface judders at 30Hz.

From The Verge ● Sep. 21, 2017

The shock of the cannon judders through the old boat.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2013

He convulses then, jerks and judders, jolts and twists and writhes, so much that the whole earth shakes.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

I cemented my future place among the former as I juddered down the hill, my tender toes slamming into the fronts of my shoes.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021

The picture panels in the porch door juddered when she slammed it behind her.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019

On a recent weekday, a Gold Line train juddered slightly as it navigated around a curve west of the Sierra Madre Villa station, in an area where five of the crashes have taken place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2019

The blocking for the scene wasn’t set yet; the pacing juddered.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2017

It felt like that: the earth juddered, and Mr. Dandy fell, would have fallen into the darkness, but he caught hold of the fallen headstone, threw his arms about it and locked on.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

They were there to rally in support of the nationwide SAG-AFTRA actors strike that, together with an ongoing writer’s strike, has brought many TV and film productions juddering to a halt this summer.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

In these wondrously transporting images of juddering waves and swirling particles, accompanied by the rumbling, surging, keening strains of Ludwig Göransson’s magnificent score, Nolan makes a rare leap into realms of pure cinematic abstraction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

It’s nice to see all of those wonderful actors, but that enjoyment is tempered by the feeling that they’re interchangeable parts in a machine that is juddering along past its warranty date.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

A juddering, disorientating slice of synthpop, it was inspired by the siege Azovstal, and the civilians who defended the town's steel works.

From BBC ● May 12, 2023

Ba pounded the table beside him, juddering a celadon bowl displayed on it.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu