jerkily
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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
We could not let the photographer fix us in the frame, we could not let him capture us on whatever film still held them here, dancing jerkily on the hexagonal floor.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
Only once does a child seem irked by the camera’s presence or possibly the man behind it; whatever the case, it jerkily shifts view, a move suggestive of a hurriedly averted gaze.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2013
Then she hopped it jerkily across her mother’s shoulder to her cheek and leaned it in as if it gave her a kiss.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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