Example Sentences

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In him Morris noted “a queer stiffness or jerkiness of locomotion,” and then delivered the small but powerful realization: “Eichmann was trembling.”

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2022

The boost was nearly instantaneous as far as I could tell, without any of the jerkiness or slow motor build-up of some lesser e-bikes.

From The Verge • Jan. 12, 2022

But encountering it all smashed between the pages of a single book is a new experience, less the stop-start jerkiness of a tweetstorm than the slow-build dread of a dramatic tragedy.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2019

The jerkiness comes in when, after making it the world’s biggest stage, you don’t even bother to attempt a single trick.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2018

Only by a jerkiness in his movements and by the scuffling of his heels could it be seen that he was old.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck