Ahankk shouted, rudely jerking Jason from his radiophonic communication by grabbing his arm.

Just as she was about to try doing this, the planchette jerked rudely under her fingers.

A uterine replicator rudely jerked open, its sterile seals slashed, its contents dumped pell-mell wetly on the tiles ... no need even for the traditional murderous swing by the heels of infant head against the nearest concrete wall, Miles was so little the boots could just step on him and smash him to jam... .

Several of the Breakers, jerked rudely from a deep daze of concentration, cried out in surprised alarm.

Catulus only half-listened after Sulla began to drone an endless list of town names, to find himself rudely jerked back to the present by Hortensius's elbow in his ribs.