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While there are some harder throwers in the system, the Rangers have been impressed by the 25-year old’s fastball-slider combination, a herky-jerky delivery and a fastball that appears to be on a jet stream moving up to the batter’s eyes.
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Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
Today just seemed a little herky-jerky, a little out of character, out of tempo and rhythm.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2023
Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which premieres its second season opposite the fourth and final season of Succession, is a series with herky-jerky mechanics.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
In-betweeners don’t get the glory, but without them cartoons would be herky-jerky, lurching from angry pout to swaggering declaration with nothing smoothing the transition.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
Today just seemed a little herky-jerky, a little out of character, out of tempo and rhythm.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2023
Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which premieres its second season opposite the fourth and final season of Succession, is a series with herky-jerky mechanics.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
In-betweeners don’t get the glory, but without them cartoons would be herky-jerky, lurching from angry pout to swaggering declaration with nothing smoothing the transition.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
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“Herky-jerky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herky-jerky. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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