jerk
Example Sentences
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She’s grim, and sometimes a bit of a jerk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"We have jerk pork, we have rice and peas, we have jerk chicken, curry goat, stewed chicken, fried dumpling and plantain," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
This John Stewart is purposefully calm and assured, even when Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan, an entitled jerk clinging to crusted-over glory, provokes him.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
How can I push back on this without looking like a jerk?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Whoa, what if there are lots of professors acting as secret double agents? Professor Treebaun was a real jerk back at the Academy, I could totally see him as a double agent. Couldn’t you, Blake?”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
