The first of these is the requirement that each line should have a complete sense in itself; this produces a certain jerkiness, and often led among the Arabs to displacement in the order of the lines in a long poem.   anvd [Please select]

But there is another reason for the jerkiness, if we may call it by so strong a name.   anvd [Please select]

Again during the hours of work there should be a freedom from jerkiness, breathlessness, nervousness, and anxiety.   anvd [Please select]

"Thank God, not seriously," he said, speaking with an odd jerkiness.   anvd [Please select]

For an instant there was a jerkiness to the voice, and then it droned on resonantly again.   anvd [Please select]

It is blown by bellows instead of the mouth, which probably prevents jerkiness and makes the sound steadier.   anvd [Please select]

His excitement was real, and he counterfeited a nervousness and jerkiness that appeared real also.   anvd [Please select]

Both his movements and his manner of speech were marked by a quick jerkiness, which, however, was not without a certain masculine grace.   anvd [Please select]

Bullets still whizzed around the plane, and one glanced off its polished side, but John's first nervous jerkiness in handling the machine had probably saved him.   anvd [Please select]