1. The old bus started with a jerk.

2. She answered with a jerk of her head.

3. The bus stopped with a jerk.

4. She sat up with a jerk.

5. She started the car with a jerk and hit the bumper of the car in front.

6. The alarm went off and he woke up with a jerk.

7. He indicated the bedroom with a jerk of his head.

8. The train moved off with a jerk.

9. Why do you put up with a jerk like that?

10. The door opened with a jerk.

11. The bus has stopped with a jerk.

12. Not me!'said the Rat, waking up with a jerk.

13. The brakes screeched and the car suddenly stopped with a jerk.

14. The knife was stuck on the chopping block but she pulled it out with a jerk.

15. The knife was stuck but she pulled it out with a jerk.

16. His remark brought me up short / sharp / with a jerk.

17. The man indicated the one in the far corner with a jerk of his head.

18. Blackie Bauer had been sitting in a boxcar with his legs sticking through the door when the train started with a jerk.

19. The Dallas-born entertainer strips down in Dealey Plaza in the city centre, and falls to the ground with a jerk at the sound of a rifle shot,[sentencedict .com] which was edited into the five-and-a-half minute video.

20. I felt as if the bottom had dropped out of things with a jerk.

1. The old bus started with a jerk.