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Usage examples of jackknifed.

Before she could even bring her arms around he had jackknifed to a sitting position and freed her feet.

Wedging himself on top of the writing surface with knees jackknifed in air, feet braced against one end, shoulders against the other, he pushed.

The cars were jackknifed over the entire width of the Road and into the jungle on both sides.

As this was being done the tanks had carefully straightened out the jackknifed train and all of the couplings were examined carefully for damage.

As this was being done the tanks had carefully straightened out the jackknifed train and all of the cou­plings were examined carefully for damage.

After a minute or so, she jackknifed in a surface dive and went straight down.

Just as suddenly he regained control of his body, floated in place for a moment, then jackknifed in a dive that took him back through the hole into the innards of the Andrea Doria.

She filled her lungs in a frantic gulp, and her supple body jackknifed in a quick surface dive.

He hovered for a moment above the throne and then jackknifed straight down.

At the last possible second the team jackknifed straight down to the creature's side.

He switched off “Morningtown” as Roth entered and jackknifed off the bed with a grin.

As soon as he was sure they were ready, he jackknifed off the wall and flew straight out, fifty yards.