How to Use jiggle in a Sentence

jiggle

verb

• Try to avoid jiggling the camera.
• His belly jiggled like a bowlful of jelly.
• Ernest jiggled the knob to her front door—it was locked.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2017
• The rods jiggled through the canopy, and nuts came falling down.
  — Mike Cherney, WSJ, 5 July 2017
• The two began to dance and jiggle and move around with a pep in their step.
  — Vulture, 7 Jan. 2024
• When all the broth has been added, jiggle the pan so the rice is in an even layer.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
• The cheesecake should be firm on the edges but still jiggle in the center.
  — Tyler Florence, House Beautiful, 1 Mar. 2013
• And if that seems too rapid, third and fourth techniques just kind of jiggle the lock open.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 6 June 2017
• The pie will be mostly set but still jiggle a bit in the center.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
• Like many spawn of the ’80s and ’90s, my own childhood jiggled and wobbled.
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 17 Oct. 2023
• Suh jiggled her son on her lap while Cleary’s son played a game on an iPad.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2017
• The edges of the cheesecake should be set, but the center of the cake should jiggle slightly, the same way a Jell-O mold might.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
• The filling should be fully set at the edges, but may still jiggle a bit at the center.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
• To get started, just press and hold a blank space on your home screen until the apps start to jiggle.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2020
• Your apps should start jiggling, and a tiny plus sign will appear in the top corner.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• Try not to jiggle the bowl; doing so will disturb more of the milk solids and result in a less-clear punch.
  — M. Carrie Allan, charlotteobserver, 22 Dec. 2017
• Investors are betting that people will pay for the chance to sweat and jiggle in a small glass box on the street.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2017
• That meaning the wave itself jiggles up and down faster.
  — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2016
• Tamir jiggled his soda cup, freeing the ice cubes from their group hug.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 May 2016
• Using tongs, shake the small dishes gently to check if the whites are set; the yolks will jiggle slightly.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• If your toilet won’t shut off, try jiggling the handle.
  — Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2018
• The bacon was slightly crispy around the edges, though the strips jiggled like ectoplasm.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 20 July 2019
• Transfer to the oven and bake until the edges are set but the centers still wobble a bit when jiggled, 30 to 35 minutes.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
• The door jiggled, which Eldridge believed was the shooter trying to get in.
  — Amanda Seitz, The Seattle Times, 19 Nov. 2018
• Cheesecakes made with sour cream should jiggle a little more and will have a larger soft spot in the center.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022
• Then, using lasers, the researchers chilled the atoms to near absolute zero to stop them from jiggling.
  — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• As the sun streamed through the windows of the court building, the lawyer let out a long sigh and jiggled his leg.
  — Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 Nov. 2025
• Ahmad cautiously approached the home, climbed up the porch steps, and jiggled the front window.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
• Every part of me that can jiggle is now jiggling.
  — Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
• Every part of me that can jiggle is now jiggling.
  — Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025