Sentence examples for jerked forward from inspiring English sources

Then it jerked forward; horns blared all around him.

But shortly after noon, the crowd jerked forward.

From the moment the New Guineans choose to aid the stranded Americans, their culture is jerked forward into a callous, evangelizing modernity.

It's 18.28 and 41 seconds, and they're jerked forward, out of the frame - vanished, and the screen is empty, just lights shining on puddles.

During the day, the sun cranked through the window, the tank grew warm, and he didn't move at all, unless someone came into the room and knocked on the tank or the floor, and then he jerked forward slightly before quickly settling down.

The first man jerked forward with a brick, and the second took it from him, leaving the first man in an anguished pose, with his hands praying in the air; and it was the same with the third man, until the brick reached the fourth, where you would have thought something peaceful would happen, but oh, no.

The frames jerk forward, as if hand-cranked.

It jerks forward, and almost throws her out of her seat.

One minute my head and neck are pressed back against the headrest, the next they jerk forward when the driver slams on the brakes.

Buses came and went, slowing down for her and then jerking forward when they realized that she had no interest in getting up and on.

Perhaps he didn't intentionally shunt Sheppard when the light turned green; perhaps his car really did stall, and then jerk forward uncontrollably once he restarted it, the incident that sparked the confrontation, according to Bryant.