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verb

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Recent Examples of jerk
Noun
While at times Lively may have a reputation of being a jerk, Viall said on the show, that didn't explain why castmates reportedly unfollowed Baldoni on Instagram. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024 Hope the manipulative jerk can find the soft and tender Sugar Mama/Daddy/Couple that his gooey, marshmallow interior craves; someone to stroke his hair, call him a good and gifted boy, and put gold stars on his chart. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
After several seconds, the man jerked up as if on springs, back from the edge of death. Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024 At night, my arm and leg began jerking, waking me from uneasy sleep. Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jerk 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jerk
Noun
  • Offerings include arts and crafts, caber toss, the haggis hurl, sheaf toss and tug of war in a non-competitive environment.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Investors expect volatility in the flagship cryptocurrency this year, with bitcoin stuck in a tug of war between investors’ concerns about rising inflation under Trump and their optimism over the his pro-crypto leadership.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • However, Participant Media requested the festival yank the film from its lineup after learning that director Joseph submitted a new, secret cut to Sundance and other global fest’s without the media company’s knowledge.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • As things escalated, the attacker yanked out a machete intending to attack his rival’s dog — but the victim stepped in to protect his pooch, cops said.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As the omen begins to descend onto Karen’s house, the hairs of the mermaids’ arms stand up; their scales twitch in fear.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Not the American economy, which twitched from panic to triumph to panic and, in 1907, had to be bailed out with private funds from Morgan and his associates.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The coach reportedly failed to shake hands with the coaches of Denver Torah.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Video surveillance footage from inside the St. Paul Saloon showed Pickens shaking hands with Brown, then immediately making a phone call to Moore and tipping him off of Brown’s whereabouts.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.
    Jim Gaines, ajc, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Apart from its versatility, the librarian cut's real pull comes down to its individuality and making a feature of the heft a cowlick offers.
    Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2025
  • As Mintel points out, nostalgia adds an extra layer of emotional pull.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • With a little modulation in either mode, the throttle is responsive without lurching.
    Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But Fleming And John play their unholy hybrid with absolute conviction, the drums thundering and guitars lurching as Fleming McWilliams howls out her best Robert Plant.
    Marc Hirsh, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • One of several civil lawsuits filed in New York claiming that two brothers considered titans in the luxury real estate industry raped a woman as a third brother watched, was tossed by a federal judge Wednesday.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Seeing a player with the chops of Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion with 11 Tour wins, ranked No. 4 in the world, tossed about like a rag doll on the North Course.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Jerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerk. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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