Sentence examples for in jerks from inspiring English sources

She was so angry she moved in jerks.

Down the slope in jerks, his muscles and ligaments tightened like catgut tennis-racquet cord.

The transmission is often in the wrong gear at the wrong time, resulting in jerks, pauses and lethargic acceleration.

The issues are complex because the climate system of atmosphere and particularly oceans reacts, not smoothly, but in jerks and fits as various processes catch up with others.

Across the room is a series of floating white pieces, glowing under ultraviolet bulbs or disappearing in jerks under the flicker of fluorescent tube lighting.

The upshot is a serial narrative with the enigmatic and perpetually distracted Dr. Vogt popping into and out of view, while his story lurches forward in jerks and halts.

The same seasonings in jerk resurface in other dishes, recalibrated so they echo but do not imitate one another.

The legend of the Maroons' daring and resourcefulness lives on in the islanders' pride in jerk.

And in jerk music, the dances matter as much as the music.

In this recipe I've used the coconut to coat pork strips, which have first been marinated in jerk spices.

Allspice taken from the entire tree, from its bark to its berries, is a defining element in jerk.