jerky

Example Sentences

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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 • Feb. 20, 2026

Before long, I had been party to conversations about fear of flying, doctors in Tijuana, how to make beef jerky and how to sleep in a moving metal box.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

For cocktails, the Gui-tini, infused with steak drippings and topped with beef jerky, was my wife’s standout choice.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

Individuals do jerky things every day and everywhere, but all the messages of this city’s culture are to be open, not narrow, and fair, not unjust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

I try to find a nice steady pace, but I feel like a mangled robot, all out of sorts and jerky.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée