Jerking

Examples

• There's your pay, Mister Rokesmith,' said the Golden Dustman, jerking the folded scrap of paper he had in his hand, towards his late Secretary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It's like jerking down the mercury in a thermometer: just a trick. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The first machines worked all right for the inventor, but inexperienced operators obtained surprising results through punching the keys and jerking the crank. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For that man's sake--yo' understand,' jerking his thumb back in some unknown direction. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Gudrun watched her curious walk, stiff and jerking at the loins. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I've got him here, he whispered, jerking his thumb over his shoulder; he's all right. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• No, no, not in Bristol,' replied Mr. Ben Allen, jerking his thumb over his right shoulder; 'over that way--down there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We looked back at the inn with light coming from the windows and the woodcutters' horses stamping and jerking their heads outside to keep warm. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They cannot give an order without jerking a gun out. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Chokings and nervous jerkings, however, are nothing new to me when I think with anxiety of those I love. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Raymond is a witness what nervous jerkings I have in my legs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Edited by Lilian