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Example sentences for "jostle"

Lexicographically close words:
jorum; jos; joshed; joshing; josses; jostled; jostles; jostling; jot; jota
  1. Even that's bereft us too: Our envious fates Jostle betwixt, and part the dear adieus Of meeting lips, clasped hands, and locked embraces.

  2. Seneca failed to anticipate that, in spite of the barrenness of Corsica, it would some day produce a man who would jostle his Roman Cæsar for first place on history's page.

  3. Men jostle women right and left, it being at the passenger's own risk that the crossing of the street is performed.

  4. Here, the deep flaring orange of the sliced citronne would jostle the cool white, veined, and unobtrusive green of a neighbouring leek, its long, trailing roots lying on the counter like unravelled string.

  5. This was all well enough; but, for a girl like Priscilla and a woman like Zenobia to jostle one another in their love of a man like Hollingsworth, was likely to be no child's play.

  6. In the jostle at the hustings to enter a Chamber of but two hundred members it is unlikely that the best ability would always succeed, if it were so much as willing to share the fray.

  7. In the push and jostle of entry to the First House--where special and local interests are represented--such a Senatorial Person is most likely to be thrust aside, even if he or she be inclined to mingle in the fray.

  8. Even so do great things and small jostle one another in this strange world of ours, and a woman's glove lies close to the document which changed the fate of nations.

  9. When two ponies race, the riders try to jostle and foul each other.

  10. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.

  11. The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization.

  12. Giraud of the outside world, its roaring cities and its jostle of people.

  13. These are sturdy and adventurous foreigners whom the grumpy officers jostle and hustle about.

  14. Since the years were letting it down so gently why jostle the elbow of slow-fingering time?

  15. Corot was born in Paris, and his first outdoor sketch, made at twenty-two, was done amidst the din and jostle of the quays of the Seine.

  16. Authors jostle each other for first place in our hearts.

  17. They would push and jostle one another, and toss their empty baskets in the air.

  18. Again, in the evening, just before bedtime, they love to gambol among the branches and jostle one another in the most good-tempered way.

  19. They move about so excitedly and jostle one another so rudely as to give you the impression that they are somewhat the worse for liquor.

  20. In this vast universe there is room for all, no need to jostle and crowd your neighbor.

  21. God pity us all as we jostle each other, God pardon us all for the triumph we feel, When a fellow goes down 'neath his load on the heather, Pierced to the heart by words keener than steel And mightier far for woe than for weal.

  22. Joaquin Miller says: Is it worth while that we jostle a brother, Bearing his load on the rough road of life?

  23. The developing 'powers' jostled one another throughout the world; but for a time it seemed that they might jostle one another indefinitely without any great catastrophe to mankind.


  24. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jostle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    assault; battle; bear; bearing; boost; bounce; box; brawl; break; broil; buck; bull; bump; bunt; butt; chatter; clash; close; collide; combat; conflict; contend; contest; contradict; counter; cram; crowd; differ; dig; disaccord; disagree; dissent; drive; duel; elbow; falter; fence; feud; fight; force; goad; grapple; grate; grimace; head; hurtle; hustle; jam; jangle; jar; jerk; jolt; jostle; jounce; joust; jump; negate; nudge; object; poke; press; pressure; prod; punch; push; quake; quarrel; quaver; quiver; ram; rattle; riot; run; scramble; scuffle; shake; shiver; shock; shoulder; shove; shudder; skirmish; spar; stress; strive; struggle; tamp; thrust; tilt; tourney; tremble; tremor; tussle; twitch; twitter; vary; vibrate; war; wobble; wrestle