How to Use judder in a Sentence
judder
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The cracks had formed as the ice skidded and juddered over a subglacial mountain.
—National Geographic, 13 June 2018
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Bikes judder around so violently that water bottles jump out of their cages and chains hop off the gears.
—Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 13 July 2018
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As the train juddered through the Bulgarian countryside, Javed, fighting a mild fever, lay on his back and went over his plans.
—Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
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Sometimes blue neon lights would judder along to her beat, but mostly the images (shot by Frances Arpaia) were smeary, underwater, car-window dreams.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 17 June 2021
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The crime-scene van was parked next to the black Honda Civic already identified as belonging to the shooter, the yellow tape marking its perimeter juddering in a helicopter gust.
—Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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Many copulating pairs engage in a juddering movement—tap-dancing with eight or more legs.
—Constance Casey, Slate Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
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The hooker ended up hurting himself as a result of his bone-juddering hit on Artemyev but Samoa was again reprieved as Matu'u was also only shown a yellow.
—Ben Church, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
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Trump allies seized on Mueller's at times juddering performance, tweeting out a range of derogatory assessments, ranging from the critical to the cruel.
—Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2019
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No screens, no juddering technology or buffering, no contending with the distracting horror of your own disembodied face.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2020
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In particular, the GMC’s adaptive-damping suspension felt a little behind, failing to contain transient wheel juddering after hitting uneven surface.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
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Only with the juddering transition to democracy could Russia begin the gradual acquisition of collective self-knowledge.
—Christian Caryl, New Republic, 27 Oct. 2017
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If Veldhoven vanished tomorrow, our version of capitalism—our cellphone-toting, remote-working, Netflix-binging, online-buying, cloud-storing, smart car-driving, Internet-of-Things-ing capitalism—would judder to a halt.
—Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2021
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The cracks had formed as the ice skidded and juddered over a subglacial mountain.
—National Geographic, 13 June 2018
-
Bikes judder around so violently that water bottles jump out of their cages and chains hop off the gears.
—Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 13 July 2018
-
As the train juddered through the Bulgarian countryside, Javed, fighting a mild fever, lay on his back and went over his plans.
—Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
-
Sometimes blue neon lights would judder along to her beat, but mostly the images (shot by Frances Arpaia) were smeary, underwater, car-window dreams.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 17 June 2021
-
The crime-scene van was parked next to the black Honda Civic already identified as belonging to the shooter, the yellow tape marking its perimeter juddering in a helicopter gust.
—Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
-
Many copulating pairs engage in a juddering movement—tap-dancing with eight or more legs.
—Constance Casey, Slate Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
-
The hooker ended up hurting himself as a result of his bone-juddering hit on Artemyev but Samoa was again reprieved as Matu'u was also only shown a yellow.
—Ben Church, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
-
Trump allies seized on Mueller's at times juddering performance, tweeting out a range of derogatory assessments, ranging from the critical to the cruel.
—Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2019
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No screens, no juddering technology or buffering, no contending with the distracting horror of your own disembodied face.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2020
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In particular, the GMC’s adaptive-damping suspension felt a little behind, failing to contain transient wheel juddering after hitting uneven surface.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
-
Only with the juddering transition to democracy could Russia begin the gradual acquisition of collective self-knowledge.
—Christian Caryl, New Republic, 27 Oct. 2017
-
If Veldhoven vanished tomorrow, our version of capitalism—our cellphone-toting, remote-working, Netflix-binging, online-buying, cloud-storing, smart car-driving, Internet-of-Things-ing capitalism—would judder to a halt.
—Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2021
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