How To Use Jerking In A Sentence
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“But at the same time, it is NOT ‘pointless’ to be enthusiastically, tear-jerkingly, unwaveringly ‘proud’ of the ‘land of your birth’ â to the point where people are actually STILL SURPRISED â or even scandalized â when yet another of ‘our’ scandals come to light.”
US in Police State Top 10
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Now, I'm not saying that wow is the devil or anything knee-jerkingly reactionist like that (although I * do* have some serious issues with some elements of it: the grind, only having one somewhat flawed model of guild leadership, etc, etc).
Becoming Gamer; or "My last ever log out."
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He turns me around, jerking my chin up to look into his dead, black eyes.
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Someone makes a heartfelt, tear-jerking appeal on behalf of the charity, and then up pops some sweaty, half-cut minor-league celebrity who's a mate of someone on the committee.
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Andy called out, jerking his chin upward in the direction of the tall, slender, much sought-after brunette.
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I rolled my eyes jerking my chin from Tunes hands.
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I've groaned through leaders' speeches tight with tearjerking vacuities, faux-human anecdotage and coy phrasemaking.
Times, Sunday Times
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Jerking about in his chair, Kirk endeavored to assume what he hoped was an expression of cultured confidence the Klingons might not be able to see him, but the monitoring officers certainly could.
The Kobayashi Maru
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There are other delights around each and every corner of this film… if you like a good romp that has elements of tear-jerking romance.
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Ruby had taken the relic piece -- more relative to the harquebus than to the current fashion in rifles -- and hunted wild turkey and deer through the winter, jerking the venison by the fire like an Indian.
Cold Mountain
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He continued to keep up the cuckoo sound, trying to laugh, and yet totally unable to accomplish even a cackle, as if some internal force clutched the diaphragm and mocked him, so that his efforts were reduced to a gurgling as in cynanche -- like a dog choking with a rope round his craig, the sounds coming jerking out in barks, and dying away again in yelps and whines.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII
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Film titles, like Andy Kaufman's record, jerking backwards and forwards awkwardly, move between fact and fantasy, real and imagined worlds.
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Make sure that you execute all movements smoothly and without jerking.
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She was curled into a foetal position, her body jerking as fresh spasms of pain hit her.
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But at the same time, it is NOT “pointless” to be enthusiastically, tear-jerkingly, unwaveringly “proud” of the “land of your birth” — to the point where people are actually STILL SURPRISED — or even scandalized — when yet another of “our” scandals come to light.
US in Police State Top 10
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Cardiac syncope often causes immediate loss of consciousness, tonic stiffening of body and limbs, and often myoclonic jerking.
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I've had many of these this year and am now actually looking forward to the beginning of another challenging, rewarding, mind-boggling, tear-jerking year.
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The direction of these beating, jerking, movements of the eye called nystagmus can actually tell a doctor which part of the inner ear has a problem.
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Our car thuds over the worn grass and hills alongside the road, jerking us up and down.
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‘You didn't answer my question,’ Reid hissed jerking her in his direction.
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With a desperation that was madness, unmindful of the pain, he hurried up the slope to the crest of the hill over which his comrade had disappeared — more grotesque and comical by far than that limping, jerking comrade.
LOVE OF LIFE
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There's a pop bubbling along beneath the surface, which rears its head in the form of a bouncing, jerking bass-line.
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I ignored him and proceeded down the stairs when I felt a firm grip on my wrist, jerking me back.
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The carriage jolted through a particularly overeager rut, knocking my still-tender back against the seat and jerking me back to the present.
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Gradually straighten the legs until you are standing upright, then lower slowly to the floor without jerking.
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Those of you who have been paying any sort of attention (as opposed to knee-jerkingly jumping to Obama's defence without question) will know that to have a muslim father is to be deemed a Muslim in the Islamic tradition.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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One heckler shouted: "We can't hear you", raising uncomfortable laughter during Sheila's supposedly tear-jerking death scene.
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It opens up a whole new market in police departments who did not adopt the Glock because it does not have a redundant safety to deter dirtbags from slipping up behind a police officer, jerking his pistol and plugging him in the back.
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Because I wanted to write much-acclaimed, tear-jerkingly purple prose about wide-eyed, fly-infested children — not cold, unpopular and even “racist” accusations about African male culpability.
Writing what I should have written so many years ago « Isegoria
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During a juvenile myoclonic epileptic seizure, the hands, arms or whole body will start jerking, but the person doesn't lose consciousness or awareness.
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Others suffered from psychoneurotic symptoms alone - mutism, loss of speech, hysterical twitching, and uncontrollable jerkings of arms and legs.
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The patient's legs were jerkings
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She did! "howled" Al-f-u-r-d, "jerking his head toward the gate, just as the elderly woman behind the spectacles entered.
Watch Yourself Go By
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Ruby had taken the relic piece — more relative to the harquebus than to the current fashion in rifles — and hunted wild turkey and deer through the winter, jerking the venison by the fire like an Indian.
Cold Mountain
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They teach "aversive" training methods, such as pinning the dog to the ground, jerking the dog on the leash, using shock collars, and physically forcing frightened dogs into situations they are afraid of until they shut down.
Tom Matlack: Are You An "Alpha" Male?
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It moved sharply, jerking its head and staring down at them with wildfire eyes, its fangs glimmering as it hissed, then disappeared.
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‘Have a seat,’ he continued, jerking his chin in the direction of a pair of chairs situated nearby.
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We throw the line out and almost immediately pull six gleaming mackerel out of the sea - silver and cobalt, jerking and frantically writhing.
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In other related developments, numerous members of the Blogging Tories will knee-jerkingly praise the Harper government for "supporting our troops," while Sandy Crux will add this latest clusterfuck to her growing list of "Harper Government Accomplishments," then promptly move that list to another URL, confusing the crap out of people who are trying to keep up.
Yes, they really ARE that retarded.
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Lord Valleys grimaced beneath his crisp moustache -- the word grandpapa always fell queerly on the ears of one who was but fifty-six, and by no means felt it -- and jerking his gloved hand towards Ann, he said:
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works
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'Is that the only way out of here?' he asked, jerking a thumb at the door.
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This is what Quick would bring to Washington, where he'd join up with like-minded fellow Republicans who have taken it upon themselves not just to kill health-care reform -- and it should hardly surprise us that Quick is knee-jerkingly against it -- but to turn their weapons on their own government.
Michael J.W. Stickings: Allen Quist and the Viciousness of the Republican Party
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Jerking the stick out of the fire can send the hot marshmallow flying toward a fellow camper's hair or face.
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The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.
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I would also caution you about having a bow set too light because if it is too light you may end up drawing the bow back too fast causing an unsmooth jerking action in your draw exspecially when you reach full draw.
When hunting with a copound bow what can you take down with a 65 pound draw, what about a 60 pound draw.
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Surrounding the tree and his own, body by means of a _withe_, or band of twisted twigs, on which he leans his back, and jerking up his withe before him, he foots it up with wonderful speed and certainty, and comes down again in the same manner, bringing his gourd full of liquor on his arm.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08
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The Indians make this wholesale destruction for two objects; first, to get the meat, which they preserve by "jerking" -- that is, by cutting into thin strips and drying in the sun -- and, secondly, for the skins with which they cover their tents, make their beds, and part of their clothing.
The Boy Hunters
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But what it had in pedigree it lost in promotion — there was very little — and then ABC began jerking around the with the schedule.
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I've groaned through leaders' speeches tight with tearjerking vacuities, faux-human anecdotage and coy phrasemaking.
Times, Sunday Times
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On a night of tidal emotions, the night when Beckham became a fetish, I found my hammy Irish fists jerking themselves convulsively upwards from my pressbox desk and towards the sky when Argentina went ahead.
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It is very funny at the start, bitterly so in the middle, and jerkingly moving at the end.
Times, Sunday Times
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A different kind of creak came from further away, in the other attic, and he twitched again, jerking so that the blanket rubbed against his chin.
Archive 2010-04-01
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Yes | No | Report from gman3186 wrote 23 weeks 4 days ago once the gun is sighted in its on i think that you are jerking the trigger which inturn you are pulling the barrell down so your shots will be lower if you are jerking the trigger try giving it a nice slow steady pull
I bought holographic sights for my shotgun this spring to use on my 870 12 ga.
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He turned up the handle, drew the bolt back, drove it forward, Jerking the handle down.
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The drinker will be heading towards an alcoholic stupor, possibly experiencing jerking eye movements.
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Seizures are present in up to 25 percent of patients and may be generalized, focal, myoclonic jerking, or movement induced.
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They also point to a recent study report from Tamil Nadu that watching soaps, especially the tear-jerking kind, late into night, could result in tearful babies for pregnant women.
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I then felt a series of bumps, which I later learned was just the rescue hoist jerking.
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I have the over under sight mounts on it which makes it so i cant rest my cheek on the butt and i am pretty consistantly "jerking" the trigger.
Marlin 336A 30 30
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The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.
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Some children taking Neurontin may experience fatigue, sleep problems, dizziness, incoordination, behavioral problems, weight gain, movement problems or nystagmus (a rhythmical jerking of the colored part of the eye).
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Looking up when the doorknob jiggled I panicked, jerking up and flushing the toilet quickly.
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It's gratuitously violent and requires the player to physically mimic the action on screen, such as jerking the Wii remote downward to shove a pen into an enemy's head.
Printing: The REAL Game Kids Should Never Play
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Cardiac syncope often causes immediate loss of consciousness, tonic stiffening of body and limbs, and often myoclonic jerking.
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The open-air-stage in one of the roads in Pykara was no impediment to the passers-by who turned onlookers after the tear-jerking tale of ‘Kalyani’ shook them, especially the women segment.
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At the same time, the aircraft developed a jerking lope.
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This is Brady Coyne," said Sam, jerking his head in my direction.
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Being a wanker, is not just about jerking off, it is about making love with oneself, and that is all the love you have.
Think Progress » Coulter on 9/11 Widows: ‘I Have Never Seen People Enjoying their Husbands’ Death So Much’
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Someone makes a heartfelt, tear-jerking appeal on behalf of the charity, and then up pops some sweaty, half-cut minor-league celebrity who's a mate of someone on the committee.
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A male frogfish courts a mature female by spreading all of his fins, jerking his body, and nibbling her as she swaggers across the ocean floor.
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The plot progresses like a horse marching over caltrops, jerking wildly every time its foot encounters the next point.
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Venison and beef, dried in the sun, or over the fire by the process called jerking, was prepared in the season of abundance for winter use, and proved the best sort of food for a marauding corps.
The Partisan Leader: A Novel...
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'What'll we do with them?' he asked, jerking his thumb at the suitcases.
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And then, far from its original bed in the rock, amid the jerkings of a cockling sea, the mass breaks through the supporting float, and settles far beneath, amid the green and silent twilight of the bottom, where its mosses and lichens yield their place to stony encrustations of deep purple, and to miniature thickets of arboraceous zoöphites.
The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
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Jerking the basket away from the grinder he slammed it into the percolator.
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She has constant titubation and rhythmic jerking of her entire upper and lower extremities, obvious eye nystagmus and difficulty in initiating ocular saccades.
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He flung himself at her, springing the top button of his jeans and jerking them down as he did so.
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Her foot caught in a ratline, jerking her to a nasty halt.
LEVIATHAN
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The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.
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On one of the screens, small young men in business dress move jerkingly about.
Ghost Offices of the Hedge-Fund Boom: Your Guided Tour
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As I sat on the large animal skinned passenger seat and buckled myself up, Zachary, still silent, revved the car engine up, stiffly jerking the heater switch on, gushes of cold, unwarmed air blowing in our faces.
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The rope would tighten and then slack and then tighten, jerking Darren while all the time cutting into his already tore up wrists.
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I tasted bile and retched again, my stomach jerking agonizingly.
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There's plenty of tear-jerking classic holiday film fare to tune to to turn on the water works and give your sad puppy dogface a stimulating burn.
Sal Cataldi: The Holiday Breakup: A Perfect Diet?
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The lights were strobing and it made me sick to watch people jerking to the music instead of flowing.
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He turns me around, jerking my chin up to look into his dead, black eyes.
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Jessica Meyers, the loudest of all, could whistle really loud by slipping two fat fingers into her mouth and kind of jerking her neck like she was choking.
Loose Lips Sink Ships
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After all, the corps and coryphées do posé arabesque by stepping onto pointe,, jerking their backs into hyperextension so that their hips jut out, thus snapping, rather than floating their extensions.
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Avoid jerking or bouncing as it can lead to strains, pulls and other kinds of injuries.
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Let's see you puff your pop-gun, Johnny," cries one of the tars, and they swung a champagne cork on a string as a target, twenty yards off; one of the grinning little brutes slipped a dart into his sumpitan, clapped it to his mouth - and in a twinkling there was the cork, jerking on its string, transfixed by the foot-long needle.
Flashman's Lady
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Three o'clock in the morning, bopping through a weird limb-jerking dance routine, and she looks like a child at playschool.
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He glanced past her, jerking his chin in the direction of the lake.
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At a quarter to two he had been seen running down the Euston Road towards Baker Street, flourishing a can of burning colza oil and jerking splashes of flame therefrom at the windows of the houses he passed.
Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells
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The boat moved forward with a jerking motion as the line to the police launch slacked and tightened in the swell.
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The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.
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This post was so funny and vulnerable and clever – and then so tear-jerkingly moving.
Visualize Whirled Peas | Her Bad Mother
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when geting a physical from a doctor do i have to take my top off? its called jerking off for guys ... but wat is it called for girls? im 13 and get high everyday. i recently got caught wit weed. the police are giving me random drug tests. help? dog health illness & More
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A frogfish extends and dangles its illicium just above its mouth, flicking, jerking, and waving the lure.
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Pretty much my only moves involve jerking my arms robotically and twitching my head back and forth.
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If it doesn't work, they blame the "Democrats" for the failure of the Iraq war, since the "Democrats" are knee-jerkingly blocking the plan.
Poll: Big Majority Opposes Escalation
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The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.
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He got up abruptly, jerking his long legs, and went to the further end of the veranda, where he stood with set features and brows like a red bar, below which staring eyes were fixed vacantly upon the avenue of bunya trees in the long walk of the Botanical Gardens across the river.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land
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Jack speeds off, jerking Carroll back and forth backseat, and then quickly slams on the brakes.
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Arlan chuckled, but then stiffened as he heard the twang of a bowstring, and he ducked, jerking Cora down with him.
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The rabbit was still jerking slightly as the stoat dragged it off over the hill.
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Jerking her hand away from him she jumped back and pulled out a set of shurikens.
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In turn, jerkingly raised and lowered by the rolling billows, the towing resistance of the log caused the old reelman to stagger strangely.
Moby Dick; or the Whale
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Instead of simply shots of the interstate, most of the trip is described in zippy, zoomed-in Google Earth animation, some hypnotic fast forwarding, and then a Street View depiction of the road, jerking forward in blurry freeze frames; the navigation screen of the car’s GPS makes an appearance, as does a screen capture of the trip on Google Maps, from above, a single red line illustrating the path.
Alex Pasternack: The "Truth" About Catfish, the More Complicated, More Important Facebook Movie
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With its uniformly excellent cast, Silberling's finely observed meditation on grief and loss never stoops to tear-jerking sentiment.
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The kettle began to boil, its ill-fitting lid jerking under the pressure of the steam inside.
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The job has lost its way and we have become demoralised, divided and demotivated due to the political meddlings of the Government, aided by the self serving and knee jerking senior officers looking to advance themselves or get themselves a knighthood.
Through The Looking Glass « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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Jerking up from a light doze for the fifth time in about twenty minutes, he rummaged around inside a nearby desk for something to keep him awake.
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Oscar was hurled through the windscreen like a fighter pilot jerking forward at G-speed.
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He said bank stocks are "jerking" the market around as economic fears wax and wane and as short sellers adjust their positions.
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It's a wonderfully pithy example of Puccini's skill as a dramatic composer, ranging from the stark verismo tragedy of Tabarro, through the tear-jerking drama of Angelica to the wonderfully engineered comedy of Schicchi.
This week's new live music
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Three o'clock in the morning, bopping through a weird limb-jerking dance routine, and she looks like a child at playschool.
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Jessica Meyers, the loudest of all, could whistle really loud by slipping two fat fingers into her mouth and kind of jerking her neck like she was choking.
Loose Lips Sink Ships
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After she had told her tear-jerking story, they announced the second guest: George and the priest.
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Today, rheumatism is treated by electric pads, by electric lights, by people pulling your legs, stretching your arms and jerking your feet.
The Prolongation of Life
