"chain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Every now and then he moved from this position so that the chains did not jerk him back when the clock hands moved.
- Finally the third bell rang, the whistle sounded, the engine screeched, the chain jerked and the man crossed himself.
- The long chain jerked taut and held it helpless by the scruff of its tawny neck.
- The chains jerked rigid, but did very little to the wall.
- The free manacle struck him in the head, and the chain jerked him along upside-down.
- But as he thought that, he suddenly felt the jerk of the coercions on him, a chain jerking a dog back to its kennel.
- The chain snatched sharply at his wrists and nearly jerked his arms from their sockets.
- A chain jerked to straightness and held in tension long enough can produce a low-frequency twanging sort of sound you might someday recognize.
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