"jerk" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The boat-puller obeyed, taking a turn around the little forward thwart and paying the line as it jerked taut.
- Jary ducked a gleaming stalactite, moved forward quickly before the safety line between them jerked taut.
- The safety line jerked taut, battering him against the tight walls of the cleft.
- But he didn't faint, just stumbled, the rope jerked taut preventing him from falling.
- The long chain jerked taut and held it helpless by the scruff of its tawny neck.
- A rope fell over him and jerked taut around his waist.
- The quivering, shambling body jerked taut; the head lifted.
- Gould's shaken voice stopped Louis like a child's marionette whose string had been jerked taut.
- The tether attached to her waist reached its full extent, jerked taut, and pulled her back.
- The pump line jerked taut as the truck bucked forward, and snapped loose with a spwang.
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