jostlings

Finally, the internal jostlings in her campaign recently seemed to suggest to anyone paying attention that she knew it was time for a change.

Jamie Stiehm: Strong Women Can't Be Wrong 2008

For all the fervency and haste, no jostlings or conflict of claims to the best share of a profuse gift disturbs the harmony of the pattern.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

Those earlier jostlings on the walkway had been less vigorous attempts to stab me.

Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

The teething troubles, the jostlings, the stumblings and the embarrassments were also inevitable.

Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

The teething troubles, the jostlings, the stumblings and the embarrassments were also inevitable.

Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

The teething troubles, the jostlings, the stumblings and the embarrassments were also inevitable.

Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

But gradually new sounds filled the emptiness, the vague mutterings and jostlings of men in an encampment.

Kahawa Westlake, Donald E. 1982

"That is the intention of religion always, my child, to keep the possessor calm, assured, and quite aside from the little jostlings and vexations of a self-seeking life."

The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Various

Poor K.K. had groaned many times, hard though he fought to repress the sounds, for it was unavoidable that he should receive many jostlings while being transferred to the lower level.

The Chums of Scranton High on the Cinder Path Donald Ferguson

Ruth had sped home through the streets unattended, as she had come, heedless of the rude jostlings and ruder greetings she met with from those she passed; heedless, too, of the smarting of her injured hand, for the agony of her soul was such that it whelmed all minor sufferings of the flesh.

Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912