jerking

Example Sentences

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An early riser, Witkoff begins his day as it ends, pacing with his cellphone on a video call, its camera jerking haphazardly around the interior of his waterfront Miami mansion or private jet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

As for Arthur, the eye midge grants him a second life of sorts, popping itself into his dead skull and jerking him from prone into a seated position.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

These include difficulty concentrating, depression, stumbling and clumsiness, involuntary jerking of the limbs and body, mood swings and personality changes, problems swallowing, speaking and breathing.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Then I’d try that weight and almost burst a blood vessel, fighting the bar down, using all my body weight, jerking and shaking.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023

Above him on the bank he saw a small brown and white dog barking at him, its tail jerking with each bark, the hair of its back raised.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen