jerked in English

verb
1
move or cause to move with a jerk.
the van jerked forward
2
prepare (meat) by marinating it in spices and drying or barbecuing it over a wood fire.
jerked beef

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "jerked" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "jerked", or refer to the context using the word "jerked" in the English Dictionary.

1. Con's body jerked convulsively.

2. His hand jerked spasmodically.

3. The bus jerked to a halt.

4. His arms and legs jerked convulsively.

5. She jerked upright in surprise.

6. She jerked her head up.

7. Eleanor jerked her wrist free.

8. Tom Dawson's body arched and jerked.

9. The muscles of the Duke's face jerked spasmodically.

10. 5 Polly jerked upright, wild-eyed and blinking.

11. The train jerked to a halt. Sentencedict.com

12. She jerked upwards with the pitchfork.

13. He impatiently jerked his coat off.

14. 22 Polly jerked upright, wild-eyed and blinking.

15. Their bodies jerked up and down, twisting and jumping.

16. 10 He jerked his head backwards and forwards.

17. He jerked the string and the puppet jumped.

18. He carefully jerked a big fish out of water.

19. 4 Jake's head jerked up at the throb of the engine.

20. The bruiser, opening the bag, jerked his head up.

21. Anne began to shriek and jerked her arm away.

22. 1 He carefully jerked a big fish out of water.

23. 10 He grabbed a handful of hair and jerked at it.

24. Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on.

25. He beat time on the accelerator. The car jerked crazily.

26. Sally Convulsively jerked her hands away, and as quickly restored them

27. He jerked his head, and I was hit by a jarring chill.

28. The car made a strange noise and then jerked to a halt.

29. As he choked, Gazzer's right hand jerked spasmodically behind him, clutching at Simon's jacket.

30. Edward jerked open the door, interposing himself so that they should not stare.

31. Philippa's hand jerked forward anxiously and knocked over the bottle of varnish remover.

32. He let out a cry that convulsed his bulky frame and jerked his arm.

33. The mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner.

34. Marius jerked his head at them in disapproval but I liked their Romany appeal.

35. His torso jerked forward convulsively, and he vomited into the mud and the rain.

36. " Immediately on touching the ground , the aircraft jerked and in a few moments hit something " .

37. I jerked back, tingling with fear, feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast.

38. He marched past the dishevelled double bed, jerked open the nearest window, and climbed outside.

39. Under changed circumstances, implicit themes, both justificatory and critical, could be jerked into argumentative explicitness.

40. Look, you skipped, clowned around or otherwise jerked off to every lecture I ever gave.

41. The seaman returned the nod and jerked his head towards the rear of the bridge.

42. Beams of brilliant light jerked across the far wall and, slowly, the bars began to char.

43. She had jerked her head as the butcher had lunged, and he had missed the jugular.

44. 12 He marched past the dishevelled double bed, jerked open the nearest window, and climbed outside.

45. Suddenly remembering the night, she jerked her head around and saw his winged black eyebrows.

46. 15 The all important hip-consciousness of Manchester wholeheartedly jerked to the harsh snap of the Linn Drum.

47. She jerked her head round quickly towards where the Men usually came from and stared fixedly.

48. But then she jerked her horse around savagely, and wheeled off with her escort in pursuit.

49. The soldier woke up with a snort; his head jerked up and he looked at us inquiringly.

50. Merrill's head jerked up, and she dropped her notebook, a rush of blood surging into her face.