With a vicious jerk, he brought her crashing against his chest.

Clayton stared at it, then gave it a vicious jerk.

There was a vicious jerk and the sound of tearing timber.

For reply, he received a vicious jerk on his arm.

Roy was so sore about it, that he started his father's big car with a vicious jerk.

I saw the helmsman straighten up and bring the wheel about with a vicious jerk.

An instant later, with a vicious jerk, she was hauled to her feet.

Stogar's arm came down in a short vicious jerk.

Similarly, to read the book with an eye only for the ways that Jobs could be a vicious jerk (and there are many) is too shallow.

There came a final downward swing, which ended in a vicious jerk, sending pain red and hot through his head.