An arm jerked him in over the threshold, and four men pointed automatics at him.
Nadal's right arm jerked up and grabbed the phone out of the air, and he smiled and shrugged.
The men's motions consisted of vigorous and angular arm jerking and jumping, the women's of curving gestures and swaying with the torso and arms, in a seated or standing posture.
As workers and bystanders fell silent on Thursday afternoon, the excavator's giant arm jerked upward then slammed its steel jaws into the roof of the house on Staten Island's eastern shore, tearing out a chunk of shingles and wood.
A medium that Benjamin hoped would encourage listeners to think for themselves now addressed the masses collectively, and in response expected only an arm jerked upwards and a choral chant of "Heil!" Radio Benjamin is published by Verso (£20).
Obediently, Andy picked up the glass to sip, but something happened to it between the table and her mouth, as if her hand simply wasn't under her control: her arm jerked helplessly, and the sherry spilled over the top of the glass, a big gout of it, onto her skirt and our carpet.
And with a jiggle of the tricked-out Fleshlight, the Shockspot's dildo arm jerked back and forth, each thrust punctuated by a robotic wheeze.
(Menninger, 1935 : 418–19) His arm jerks, carefully observed, proved nearly always to be body blows … his hands were covered with the scars of minor injuries.
Most striking is his case study of a 'self-mutilating' male mechanic: His arm jerks, carefully observed, proved nearly always to be body blows … his hands were covered with the scars of minor injuries.
