I went over and patted him and the long black tail jerked in a fair attempt at a wag.
Every once in a while his tail would jerk and twitch, swiping JoJo across the face.
The tail jerked forward with the velocity of an industrial piston, and the ball of spikes smashed Noah Twilley's skull into a thousand fragments.
The cat's tail jerked with agitation, but he accompanied her to the laboratory as if the whole thing was his own idea.
The magpies' long tails dipped and jerked as they gobbled the strawberries with swift bobbing head movements.
Soon one prairie dog issues a warning call, a high-pitched "chirk" that it repeats incessantly, head and little black-tipped tail jerking in what looks like indignation.
Head, tail, and all four legs jerked suddenly into the shell, which snapped tightly shut.
Ears back, tail jerking with rage, she tracked him across the garden through a low bed of leafy ajuga and along the sidewalk.
The bosses on her muzzle stood out and her two-foot tail jerked spasmodically in time to her breathing.
Limb and tail jerked as the pellets jellied the corpse.