Sentence examples for jerk back from inspiring English sources

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The way you jerk back your hand from a hot skillet before you feel the scorch.

Some jerk back and forth while they fly, squiggling jagged lines into the air.

He does jerk back into political posturing mode quickly when two reporters arrive for an exit interview.

His arms jerk back and forth constantly, interrupted by a flamboyantly revolving wave when he shows his watch.

Indeed, when his ankle was flexed suddenly, it continued to jerk back and forth on its own three or four times before stopping, a phenomenon known as clonus.

(Note: Monkey may not do this, so put monkey on giraffe's neck and jerk back with harness; then show film in reverse).

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"They get jerked back, and the football comes out.

"What about morals?" I jerked back, like she'd slapped me.

For just a second, you could be fooled, suddenly jerked back into the nightmare.

And as in the plays, the woman is jerked back to mundane details.

The city jerked back into the rhythms of a late-summer Friday.

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