Sentence examples for arm jerking from inspiring English sources

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.

Years before, in a Paris gallery, Hustvedt had found her arm jerking upwards, and her body slamming into a wall: a convulsion that led to a year-long migraine for which she was eventually hospitalised and given anti-psychotic drugs ("vascular migraine syndrome," said the medical profession, in the same tone as, once, doctors might have asked nurse to pass the smelling salts).

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.

For example, in psychological experiments, subjects cast less blame on a person who spilled her drink because her arm jerked when a bee landed on her hand.

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.

If you allow arm movement (which I usually do since whenever someone tries to ban arm movement, it rarely sticks) then the pinner will try to move there arm to make a quick arm jerk a futile defense.

On a recent afternoon, three practitioners used reiki and acupuncture to treat a group of addicts, the patients' feet and arms jerking as they tried to relax.