"jerk by" is not a part of a sentence that is generally used in written English.
It would not make sense to use it in its current form in an example sentence.
"You don't want to be viewed as a jerk by your friends and family," he says.
I was a complete jerk by not wanting to split the bill with you.
Susan is marrying Derek — jerk by nature, TV weatherman by trade.
Later, he lowered himself, jerk by jerk, into a modified split, then sprang back into a standing position, using nothing, it seemed, but his bent left ankle.
The DJ played 'Mustang Sally' by the Young Rascals, 'Cool Jerk' by the Capitols and a lot of soul and Latin tracks I'd never heard on the radio.
In my mind, they are still there now * Frozen in time, never to grow old, everyone still sits for hours around that long table in the dining room drinking far too much Blanc de Blanc as Keith strums the chords of "The Jerk," by the Larks, over and over again.
"It can be very useful or be sort of a knee-jerk by people," he said.
The reference to Joumana was less knee-jerk by Ryan than pure jerk, considering Jason Kidd's arrest two years ago in Phoenix for hitting his wife during a domestic dispute.
Prepare to have your tears jerked by two collections of pixels.
It's often necessary to mark off two fools or jerks by discrepant heights: Bouvard is tall but pot-bellied while Pécuchet is short.
So much for the hype of Barack Obama's "essential relationship"; across the pond even the most successful Brits have their chains jerked by the Americans.
