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Meanings of hard jerk in English

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Usage of hard jerk in English
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With a sudden, hard jerk, the parachute deployed and almost instantly there was silence.
Afternoon delight
2
Abby said nothing, but she compressed her lips and gave her head a hard jerk.
The Portion of Labor
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Now he gave it a hard jerk.
The confusion
4
He looked at his lifeline and knew that a hard jerk might tear it from his back.
Earth Unaware
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A hard jerk broke the chain, and he threw the brass urn onto the forge's hot coals.
Sister of the dead
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The water buffalo moaned in opposition and resisted, but after another hard jerk from Bingwen, the animal followed.
Earth Afire
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Kurleket grabbed a handful of hair and yanked his head back in a hard jerk, baring his throat.
A Game of Thrones
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Jerome gives a hard jerk.
End of Watch
9
Spacing you would be cheaper. But she motioned him through the airlock with a hard jerk of the rifle's tip.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
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With a hard jerk of one shoulder, Raniero shrugged his shield off his back and into his left hand, spurring his stallion forward.
Burning up
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You won't be so healthy when I squeeze off a live round. She gestured toward the door with a hard jerk of her chin.
Eve of darkness
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I knew, from the hard jerks he had already given to the rope, that there was no chance of its yielding and freeing him.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
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