JERK in a Sentence
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123 example sentences for JERK, such as:
1. When I approached, it vanished with a jerk.
2. He carefully jerked a big fish out of water.
3. Giles nicked his chair into position with a jerk.
4. We saw him turn the handle and jerk the door open.
5. He was suddenly jerked off his feet and borne aloft.
2. He carefully jerked a big fish out of water.
3. Giles nicked his chair into position with a jerk.
4. We saw him turn the handle and jerk the door open.
5. He was suddenly jerked off his feet and borne aloft.
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Meanings and Examples of JERK
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jerk
v. move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
v. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
Classic Sentence: (113 in 8 pages)
1 Giles nicked his chair into position with a jerk.
2 How tempting, how very tempting, to let the view triumph; to reflect its ripple; to let their own minds ripple; to let outlines elongate and pitch over--so--with a sudden jerk.
3 He rose with a jerk, like a toy suddenly pulled straight by a string.
4 It twitched her limbs when she didn't want to twitch them, it jerked her spine when she didn't want to jerk upright but preferred to rest comfortably.
5 He gave a curious backward jerk of his head, indicating the outer world.
6 Then he put her in gear with a jerk, having jerked off his brake.
7 There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and there he hung, with the open knife clenched in his stiffening hand.
8 Clym ran to her side, and found he could only check the rope by twisting the loose part round the upright post, when it stopped with a jerk.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
9 When I approached, it vanished with a jerk.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
10 When the subject of this instinctive trust returned to the table and sat down Mr. Wolfshiem drank his coffee with a jerk and got to his feet.
11 His eyes would drop slowly from the swinging light to the laden table by the wall and then jerk back to the light again and he gave out incessantly his high horrible call.
12 Presently Tom lifted his head with a jerk and after staring around the garage with glazed eyes addressed a mumbled incoherent remark to the policeman.
13 Saying this, with a jerk of his body, which might have been either propitiatory or derisive, he fell into step beside me.
14 Her first impulse was to jerk back her hand from the damp hand with big swollen veins that sought hers, but with an obvious effort to control herself she pressed his hand.
15 Small Carreen could have cried because, for all Scarlett's encouraging words that morning, Brent had done no more than say "Hello, Sis" and jerk her hair ribbon before turning his full attention to Scarlett.
Example Sentence:
1 The train stopped with a violent jerk, nearly tipping me out of my bunk.
2 We saw him turn the handle and jerk the door open.
3 Tina seemed to rue the night she met Tony and wondered how she ever fell for such a jerk.
4 The train stopped with a violent jerk , nearly tipping me out of my bunk.
5 The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.
6 He carefully jerked a big fish out of water.
7 Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on.
8 Edward jerked open the door, interposing himself so that they should not stare.
9 He was suddenly jerked off his feet and borne aloft.
10 The car made a strange noise and then jerked to a halt.