jerk around
Example Sentences
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He was also something of a jerk around women.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023
I know you could never jerk around my heartstrings as you did his.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2014
“You’re the jerk around here. You wouldn’t even talk to me yesterday and you expect me to just follow you around or something?”
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Marjorie had helped me edit the tape and it didn’t jerk around as much as it did before.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
He made one of his exclamatory gestures, a swift jerk around of the head toward her.
From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
