It was all he could do to keep from jerking free.

He tried to jerk free, but he could not move.

Her hand was on my arm, but I jerked free.

She jerked free her hand and signed, Bad luck to speak of such things before battle.

He made one final feeble effort to jerk free, then lay still.

She clawed at his hands and tried to jerk free.

He tried to jerk free, but her hand might have been a steel clamp.

She hissed in a breath, tried to jerk free and failed.

She tried to jerk free but the hold only tightened.

Jake tried to jerk free, but there was no chance.