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  • noun Plural form of jostle.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jostle.

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Examples

  • A lot of brewy laughter and first-name calling jostles the smoke bank that hangs in the Pelican almost from ceiling to floor: the Pelican is in a shuffleboard league and competition is keen and boisterous when its team is matched against a tavern from Sacramento.

    Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971

  • The car corners well, with good grip and generally calm manners, recovering quickly and calmly from bumps and jostles.

    For the Cheerleader in Everyone Dan Neil 2011

  • She doesn't know what she's doing, so knocks the car in reverse somehow—jostles the gearshift maybe, and while she's getting out to grab one last thing outside the car, the garage door opens and she hasn't moved far away enough from the car to avoid getting dragged and killed below it as the car rolls free from the garage.

    Beachball, Kentucky Heather Fowler 2011

  • A sharp stab from a pointed finger jostles my shoulder.

    Paul Greenberg: The Holidays Are Over, And Now to Everest (By Cross Trainer)! Paul Greenberg 2011

  • With only eight weeks to go until Fifa votes on the venues for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the Leaders in Football event that begins at Stamford Bridge today is expected to be dominated by the race as the crowded field jostles for public profile and lobbies executive committee members.

    England bid reveals 18 pledges in final push to host 2018 World Cup Owen Gibson 2010

  • As Seena jostles in this trotro, as Lint cowers beneath her sweating legs, as the bones in her rear feel bruised, as she tumbles to the side toward Yllis and away, forward toward Dick and Mary Catherine and away, backward toward Tessa and Grace and away, her body leaves her.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • In the street markets the aroma of mangos and star-shaped carambola fruit jostles with the pungent smell of fresh seafood.

    Rio de Janeiro 2012

  • She jostles herself to standing, leads Grace off the screened porch and into the bowels of the cottage.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • She jostles herself to standing, leads Grace off the screened porch and into the bowels of the cottage.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • As Seena jostles in this trotro, as Lint cowers beneath her sweating legs, as the bones in her rear feel bruised, as she tumbles to the side toward Yllis and away, forward toward Dick and Mary Catherine and away, backward toward Tessa and Grace and away, her body leaves her.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

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