Example Sentences

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Maddy, last out of the elevator, had jimmied its door open with a powerjack.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Retrieval had jimmied a hologram lead into the existing electricity sockets and were projecting an unbattered wall over the hole.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

He had discovered a false back of one of the drawers in the desk and had jimmied it open.

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)