jerky
Example Sentences
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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
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He got off to a jerky start, with an eagle at the first followed by a double bogey at the fourth.
From Barron's
When I first came to Park City, Utah, in 2010, I barely left the Holiday other than to sprint to the grocery store next door for beef jerky and sushi.
From Los Angeles Times
The Iceland location might sell fish jerky, but the concrete floors, rotisserie chickens and stacks of Kirkland jeans scream Americana.
Next he devoured a package of jerky, and chased it down with an entire plastic jar of peanut butter.
From Literature
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