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How to use jostle in a sentence

14 example sentences · verb, noun

Jostle means to bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside. Example: “Axia and Amory, acquaintances of an hour, jostled behind a waiter to a table at a point of vantage; there they took seats and watched.”

Examples of jostle by meaning

verbTo move through by pushing and shoving.

  • Axia and Amory, acquaintances of an hour, jostled behind a waiter to a table at a point of vantage; there they took seats and watched.1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “The egotist considers”, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC...
  • Do not jostle past them.2018 June 6, Tony Naylor, “The new rules of pub etiquette: don't flirt with bar staff or steal the glasses”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

verbTo contend or vie in order to acquire something.

  • The relative popularity of the Kyle of Lochalsh service is unsurprising, given how the famous route jostles with the West Highland Line for the title of Scotland's (and indeed the world's) most scenic rail journey.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 47

More sentences with jostle

  • The Heathers are all kilts, scrunchies, and shoulder pads, jostling alongside the letterman-jacketed homophobic jocks.2018 September 14, Sarah Carson, “Heathers the Musical: wildly funny and in deliciously bad taste”, in i, London, archived from the…. From the entry letterman-jacketed
  • She straightened her dress and foofed her hair as she jostled herself into position.2011, Cate Kendall, Armani Angels, page 12. From the entry foof
  • The sea tossed and jostled Rose and a tenderful of Willies.1936, Stella Benson, Collected Short Stories, page 135. From the entry tenderful
  • And as you may very well know—every second counts in a game like Rocket League where everyone is jostling for position.2018 April 3, James Fleming, “Rocket League Half Flip – How to Master”, in MP1st, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2020. From the entry Rocket Leaguer
  • It is a pluralist world, in which many forms of belief and unbelief jostle, and hence fragilize each other.2009, Charles Taylor, A Secular Age, page 531. From the entry fragilize
  • They tumbled and jostled down the companionways only to find the wise and forethoughtful had preëmpted every chair.1913, Stewart Edward White, chapter 3, in Gold. From the entry forethoughtful
  • Today, thanks in large part to Musk’s pace-setting, auto companies from VW to Nissan are jostling to invest billions in electric vehicles.2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from…. From the entry pace-setting
  • I joined the men in the queue and jostled my way into the room, seating myself on one of the rickety chairs.2010, Ron S. King, The Dreams of Neptune, →ISBN, page 143. From the entry dance of the seven veils
  • A mingled stream of comers and goers jostled each other along her gangplank, restless, excited people who spoke all tongues and wore all garbs.1918, Harris Dickson, Old Reliable in Africa, chapter 1. From the entry comers and goers
  • Marius, an elder from Bayau, explained this to me as we sat in the shade of a sago palm watching a passel of possums jostling in the canopy.2022, Sophie Chao, In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua, Duke University Press. From the entry passel
  • All that she knew--and this was comforting--was that soon they would all be starting for home: not in a crowded, jostling old coche, but in a calèche.1927, Emma Orczy, Sir Percy Hits Back. From the entry calèche

Meaning of jostle

  1. verb To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
  2. verb To move through by pushing and shoving.
  3. verb To be close to or in physical contact with.

Full definition of jostle

Questions about jostle in a sentence

How do you use jostle in a sentence?
Jostle is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Axia and Amory, acquaintances of an hour, jostled behind a waiter to a table at a point of vantage; there they took seats and watched.”
What is a short sentence with jostle?
“Do not jostle past them.”
What does jostle mean?
Jostle means to bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.

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