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

Motioning to Omakayas, she indicated Neewo, who was trembling now, his tiny arms and legs moving jerkily as the heat in his body increased, and increased, until he had not the strength to even cry.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich