Sentence examples for being jerked awake from inspiring English sources
I spent a long night's restless journey into day being jerked awake myself by recollections of the five hours passed in the company of O'Neill's illusion-fed dreamers, replaying moments that had been tattooed onto my consciousness.
Sher Ali, a 25-year-old Mumbai factory worker, told the Associated Press he was travelling with his family when they were jerked awake by a loud thud.
At 4 A.M., hours before a pink sun would climb above the hills near Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, Leonel Córdova was jerked awake.
If you've just been jerked awake from a bad dream, forcing yourself to fall right back to sleep could send you back to the troubling dream, which can in turn lead to more fitful, restless sleep.
Says he was jerked around.
I think some folks feel like they went to sleep and they woke up and a terrible thing had happened, and they're like jerking awake.
I passed out pretty quickly from the pain, but somewhere around Rock Creek there was a giant thud and I jerked awake.
My brain sent a warning signal and I jerked awake with a gasp.
Myra kicked the back of her chair and Effie jerked awake.
