Examples of jerkin in a Sentence
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Sly emerged after another half hour, having added a black leather jerkin to his ensemble.
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Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Beside him, the boy Tommen shivered visibly, his leather jerkin inadequate against the unnatural chill that had descended with the dusk.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 12 May 2025
With social media and the internet allowing artists to avoid the oligarchs that controlled local hip-hop, the jerkin’ movement took root among the region’s teenagers.
—Liz Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The star of the painting is the guard’s captain, Michiel de Wael, who wears a yellow jerkin with an icy-blue sash in the foreground.
—Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
Towering above a river in his jerkin and waders, fly cast, cigar firmly in mouth, was a good way to ruminate on big decisions.
—The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
Roof styles included a mix of gable, hip, gambrel and jerkin-head.
—Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2019
His technical skill can be seen in the slight fringe at the hem of the boy’s jerkin, which is stretched taut across his frame and held together by small hooks on his left side, and in the clarity of the characters inscribed on the garment’s trim.
—Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Layered underneath is a jerkin, a close-fitting jacket, with a red horizontal brocade and doublet.
—Liesl Bradner, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
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Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Beside him, the boy Tommen shivered visibly, his leather jerkin inadequate against the unnatural chill that had descended with the dusk.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 12 May 2025
With social media and the internet allowing artists to avoid the oligarchs that controlled local hip-hop, the jerkin’ movement took root among the region’s teenagers.
—Liz Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The star of the painting is the guard’s captain, Michiel de Wael, who wears a yellow jerkin with an icy-blue sash in the foreground.
—Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
Towering above a river in his jerkin and waders, fly cast, cigar firmly in mouth, was a good way to ruminate on big decisions.
—The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
Roof styles included a mix of gable, hip, gambrel and jerkin-head.
—Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2019
His technical skill can be seen in the slight fringe at the hem of the boy’s jerkin, which is stretched taut across his frame and held together by small hooks on his left side, and in the clarity of the characters inscribed on the garment’s trim.
—Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Layered underneath is a jerkin, a close-fitting jacket, with a red horizontal brocade and doublet.
—Liesl Bradner, latimes.com, 10 Feb. 2018
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“Jerkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jerkin. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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jerkin
noun
jer·kin
ˈjər-kən 
: a close-fitting hip-length sleeveless jacket
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