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The roaring in her ears increased. Her chest muscles jerked, trying to breathe. There wasn't much more time.

The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties.

He jerked his head at the patch of shade a little distance back. But none of us would look at him.

She tilted her head. When she finished, she jerked her head forward, as if to punctuate her remarks with an exclamation point.

The dead marshal jerked spasmodically as the back of his head blew out, but the safety belt kept him erect in the chair.

He jerked his head at the other goats below and when I wave at him he bounded down.

Suddenly, the cart Will was in jerked to a halt. Will looked up to see the face of Little John.

His head jerked up in her direction then went back to studying the ground.

He made it through the night, Laurene next to him on the bed sometimes jerked up when there was a longer pause between his breaths.

He jerked from his thoughts as a fist punched into his jaw, snapping his head to the side.

"Had a spot of trouble, " he said. "In fact, had a load of trouble with the bird. " He jerked his head towards the helicopter.

He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial .

One turned and went out of sight under the skiff and the old man could feel the skiff shake as he jerked and pulled on the fish.

I had a white handkerchief in my pocket, and I jerked it out and started waving it out the window on my side.

I spite of his fear, the little boy jerked out his requests.

" Bad news , Vernon , " she said . " Mrs. Figg's broken her leg. She can't take him. " She jerked her head in Harry's direction.

The driver in front of me jerked the wheel, causing her car to spin around, and around and around_three and a half times!

I pulled between the removal van and a skip, jerked on the handbrake, and turned off the engine.

"Well, I feel a little jerked around, " I said.

This instinct to move on is an admirable reflex that has jerked America out of the doldrums many times before.

I watched with surreal anticipation as my body of forty-two years jerked its way out of the flat.

Her chest muscles jerked, trying to breathe.

The snake jerked its head toward Uncle Vernon and Dudley, then raised its eyes to the ceiling. It gave Harry a look that said quite plainly.

He jerked the tiller free from the rudder and beat and chopped with it, holding it in both hands and driving it down again and again.

There was a flash of silver light and I was jerked backwards, roaring winds whipping around me.

I whirled around, and he jerked a gun from his coat, driving with one land.

"Do you feel jerked around because you still have feelings of love for one of the girls? " he said.

The bird had flown up when the line jerked and the old man had not even seen him go.

Enid put her hand on Tom's but he was still angry with her and jerked his hand away.

He slept for a few seconds in his saddle and then jerked himself awake again.

He jerked out his story to his boss.

Suddenly both men realized what it was. Rich threw on the emergency brake and jerked the air horn handle with all his strength.

Slotin instinctively jerked his left hand upward, lifting the upper beryllium hemisphere and dropping it to the floor, ending the reaction.

"What? " Vader jerked his head back to face Ahsoka. The menacing sternness came back to his voice, "What on earth do you want? "

A sharp tool, or bit, was hung from a rope and jerked up and down by men jumping on a spring-board.

Raising her hands, she pressed them against her face and watched as Lloyd and Mikey wiggled and jerked their way through the narrow window.

It worked much easier than he imagined, however, with the result that the car jerked quickly forward, throwing him back against the door.

On hearing a knock, she jerked her head towards the door.

I stomped to the end of the driveway, jerked the cans off the ground and wheeled them to the garage.

Frank jerked a dirty blue handkerchief from his trousers pocket.

He strode to the door, jerked it open. Ryan Chappelle blocked his path.

Reaching out a hand, the wizard caught hold of Hugh's chin and jerked the man's face to the torchlight.

He was jerked back. Abruptly once from such an excursion by a sight that caused him nearly to faint.

He jerked the wheel to the right, somehow keeping the truck upright as it plowed 60 feet down the embankment.

The little boy jerked the door open.

She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage.

When I realized this, one night as I drifted unhappily to sleep, it jerked me straight up in my bed!

Thus jerked about in first one direction and then another, Israel should expect to feel quite rattled.

But the shark jerked backwards as he rolled and the knife blade snapped.

A gas-station attendant, his face blanched with fear, sees it and screams; all we see is his body being jerked out of the frame.

e. g. She pulled one of the strings and the puppet's arms jerked upwards.

At one time there was a sudden pressure from behind; and then Mr. Pickwick was jerked forward for several yards.

You can buy a ticket that includes a helping of feijoada, the hearty Brazilian dish of black beans, pork, jerked beef and sausage.

The test strip should be removed from roll at a steady, not a jerked.

He jerked his head back.

I felt a hand dIg Into my shoulder and then I was jerked from the car. My arms were yanked forward. Handcuffs were snapped around my wrIsts.

The train jerked to a stop.

The train jerked to a halt.

Mr. McCain put Mr. Day on the floor of their cell and, using his foot, jerked the broken bone into place.

The horses staggered and the carriage shuddered and jerked to a halt.

Once I had a strike: the line hardened suddenly and jerked back.

She jerked the door shut.

Mr. Norton' s head jerked like a jabbed punching bag.

She jerked the fish out of the water.

He jerked the fish out of the water.

You'd better eat pagoda chip , chocolate and jerked beef continuously.

As the water was unexpectedly hot, he jerked his hand out.

At last she jerked herself up: she must not sleep again.

Hearing my name mentioned, I instinctively jerked my head back.

his body jerked with the recoil of the rifle.

He jerked the car into gear and roared out into the beech hung lane.

Stephen jerked awake from a nightmare.

Instead, I jerked backward, heard a loud pop, and fell.

He jerked the string up and the puppet jumped.

The lunch queue jerked slowly forward.

The bus jerked to a halt before the crowd.

Its graceful neck jerked twice and then straightened out, and the bird was still.

the thud jerked her back to reality.

Lucy jerked awake from a nightmare.

He jerked an impatient hand at Willetts.

She jerked upright in surprise.

the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner.

He jerked his chin towards the basket.

But that wasn't why I jerked my hand away so quickly.

The bus jerked to a stop.

That girl jerked you around.

Hearing my name mentioined , I jerked my head back.

The tall man set the telephone on the floor, put his foot on it, and jerked the wires out.

In the low-ceilinged canteen, deep underground, the lunch queue jerked slowly forward. The room was already very full and deafeningly noisy.

The car jerked to a stop.

I stopped short and jerked around, sure that I was going to find a mangled child fallen from a terrible height.

on December 26, 2004, the Burma plate jerked westward and upward along an incline by perhaps 15 meters.

she jerked her chin up.

He jerked the window open.

Dean Thomas, who had been sitting with his mouth hanging open, gazing out of the window, jerked out of his trance;

That woMan jerked out a pistol and aimed at the Man who was trying to rape her

[usu. as adj. jerked]prepare (pork or chicken) by marinating it in spices and barbecuing it over a wood fire

and he jerked out my typewriter ribbon and " killed " it

jerked me forward and down

This guy raps likes his parents jerked him

jerked the pole straight up

And at that the judge jerked forward