Huawei's growth paralleled the herky-jerky rise of many Chinese firms. From Wordnik.com. [History of telecom company illustrates lack of strategic trust between U.S., China] Reference
Adjective : a herky-jerky home movie shown on an old projector. From Dictionary.com.
What fun (Not!), going herky-jerky up Kings Highway. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Platt: Chrysler to Daimler: "Drop Dead!"] Reference
Movement is either herky-jerky or implausibly fluid. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem With Fx] Reference
The quick, herky-jerky action keeps thelure on the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Three Pro Bass Fishermen with 28 Ways to Catchfish] Reference
There was nothing herky-jerky or rushed about his movements. From Wordnik.com. [Act of Treason]
The deep-sea procedure is delicate and sometimes herky-jerky. From Wordnik.com. [BP puts containment dome on gushing geyser; some oil successfully funneled to ship] Reference
“Which is cool, where all your herky-jerky ain't, so much.”. From Wordnik.com. [Percy's Night Out] Reference
Shows sudden moves, but is slightly herky-jerky in his moves. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Even as I reread it now, it feels a little herky-jerky and half-baked. From Wordnik.com. [Risk] Reference
If your system can't handle it, however, you'll get a herky-jerky image. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: Calling Them Good-Will Ambassadors Isn't Good Enough] Reference
The music squeezed out into the room in short herky-jerky hiccup spasms. From Wordnik.com. [The Gift] Reference
Driving in a too-fast, herky-jerky way can lower gas mileage by 33 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Avital Binshtock: Green Your Driving Habits: 4 Tips] Reference
All windups move with a herky-jerky gait, like puppets on invisible strings. From Wordnik.com. [Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Windup Girl," winner of the Nebula Award] Reference
Too many offroaders employ a herky-jerky on - and off-throttle type of driving. From Wordnik.com. [Get The Most Out Of A New Set of Truck Tires] Reference
Its personality reminds me of a new baby's uncoordinated herky-jerky arm motions. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives] Reference
He's one herky-jerky mofo and those prosecutorial eyebrows have a life of their own. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Broder: Law & Order: FAQ] Reference
His carriage was stiff and herky-jerky, like that of so many government functionaries. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Bad Wolf]
The clips ran flawlessly on my work computer, but were a tad herky-jerky on my home one. From Wordnik.com. [Hulu Is Happiness (and Only a Click Away)] Reference
This herky-jerky, stop-and-go, inconsistency is nothing more than political opportunism. From Wordnik.com. [Torture, Interrogation, and Intelligence] Reference
Like “The Iron Giant,” herky-jerky Johnny eventually learns what it means to be human. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Coolest Movie Robots » Scene-Stealers] Reference
He's herky-jerky, turns his back to you and then all of a sudden here comes 97 with movement. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Eddie blew its radar-dish to kingdom come as it made a herky-jerky run at the side of the rut. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
I also find the herky-jerky, complicated way of doing simple tasks with windows is bothersome. From Wordnik.com. [Win 7 Vs Mac OS X Leopard: Feature-by-Feature Showdown | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Her herky-jerky gait announces her as a creature not human, no matter how beautiful she may be. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-05-01] Reference
It's silly and has too much political corectness in it for me and the camera is all herky-jerky. From Wordnik.com. [E.Jim Shannon] Reference
The siren song of the void puts you on edge, it makes your movements tentative, clumsy, herky-jerky. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
Participants appear life-sized and move smoothly -- not like small, herky-jerky figures on a TV screen. From Wordnik.com. ['Telepresence' Is Taking Hold] Reference
The very curious matter of Caroline Kennedy's herky-jerky quest to replace Hillary Clinton as a U.S. From Wordnik.com. [James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Inauguration, Infidelity, and Vogue] Reference
"It's not as herky-jerky as it may come across," said Carol Browner, Obama's energy and climate adviser. From Wordnik.com. [With oil spill, White House struggles to assert control of the unknown] Reference
Gold tended to move in a herky-jerky fashion, rising, falling back to steady, rising, and falling back to steady. From Wordnik.com. [Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls] Reference
In the past, his shifty, herky-jerky running style was refreshing, and the moves he made were a sign of confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Hanlon: Not Miserable: Giants 34 - Falcons 31] Reference
For instance, movies shot with camcorders in a theater usually have a herky-jerky picture and intrusive audience noises. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Real About Fakes] Reference
Actually, I don't mind Trinity ... it's just a bit herky-jerky because of the format, and the second act is kinda stuck. From Wordnik.com. [My God, It's Full Of Tweets!] Reference
The problem now is that some are deriding her herky-jerky interest in the Senate seat and whispering "well that's a woman for you.". From Wordnik.com. [Julie Menin: Caroline Kennedy Withdrawal: Not Good For Women in Politics] Reference
How many of the problems were endemic to the script as originally written, and how many were created by the herky-jerky production?. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Johnston Talks About Making the Wolfman: Indecision is a Killer | /Film] Reference
When he was in his affable mood, he was a human perpetual motion machine, complete with herky-jerky movements and a tireless tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
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