Sentence example with the word 'jerky'

jerky

aspic, catchy, disastrous, erose, herky-jerky, jugged hare, nonuniform, saltatory, twitchety, unstable, wandering

Definition adj. lacking a steady rhythm

Last update: February 3, 2017


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The train made a jerky halt. .   [adjective]

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In this edition the fragmentary and jerky arrangement, the intricate style, and a peculiar and often purely conventional terminology seriously checked the diffusion of the work, which accordingly was little studied in Italy and remained almost unknown to the rest of Europe.   [Please select]

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The train made a jerky halt.   [Please select]

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He came easily enough till his tail cleared the water; then the wiggling, jerky strain was too much.   [Please select]

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"My dear girl," she began, and the old nervous, jerky manner showed itself again, momentarily,--"remember that."   [Please select]

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They swam just as butterflies fly, with a darting, jerky motion, and called a merry "Good morning."   [Please select]

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At the same moment some one out in the yard said in a harsh jerky voice, "Where are we going to settle."   [Please select]

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His legs were stiff, imparting a halting, jerky motion to his gait.   [Please select]

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He rose with a jerky movement, which gave him the appearance of a little figure shot out of a box.   [Please select]

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This is no cartage by a team hauling in the open, but a jerky removal, the work of invisible levers.   [Please select]

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When approached it conceals itself in the bush, and when flying progresses by a series of short jerky undulations, the wings producing a loud humming sound.   [Please select]

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