Sentence examples for jerk of a from inspiring English sources
We have the conflicted jerk of a lawman with a haunted past.
I think it's obvious that whatsisname, that boorish "you lie" jerk of a South Carolina Congressman, is steeped in racism.
In the opening sequence of the very first episode of "The Wire," Jimmy McNulty — the half mensch, half jerk of a Baltimore cop, played by the British actor Dominic West — is sitting on a stoop across from a crime scene.
Joe Goffman, the lovable yet flippant jerk of a hero in THE BOOK OF JOE, by Jonathan Tropper (Delacorte, $19.95), writes a best seller that becomes a hit movie.
On top of this, she's got a problem more typical of women in their early 20s: a jerk of a boyfriend who dominates her heart, yet gives her nothing but grief.
"I guess he was trying to put me at ease," she says, adding that they ended up discussing her "jerk" of an ex-partner - the same jerk who inspired her new album, Testimony, Vol 1: Life & Relationship.
R. Sweet November Nelson Moss Keanu Reevess), an alpha male narcissistic jerk of an advertising man, offers himself up for a spiritual remake at the hands of a free-spirited San Francisco bohemian, Sara Deever (Charlize Theron).
He killed Meredith's jerk of an ex-boyfriend, Caroline's father, and ironically, he nearly killed himself.
"I'm a jerk of all trades," he says.
A jerk of the head, a nod towards the river below, brought an instantaneous change of direction.
