How to Use jostle in a Sentence

jostle

1 of 2 verb
Definition of jostlenext
Synonyms for jostlenext
  • Everyone in the crowd was jostling each other trying to get a better view.
  • The quake was the second to jostle the San Diego area in as many days.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • On the river, ice floes break and jostle in the current.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
  • To keep the cards from jostling around too much, tie a heavy bead or hex nut at the bottom of each strand.
    — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • At this pace, the stroller jostled and my son went bouncing.
    — Yael Goldstein-Love, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
  • My brain, jostling around in my skull, had been injured too.
    — Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In addition to the snow on the nest, strong winds can be seen jostling the tree before the collapse.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • On weekends, the place comes to jostling life just as all the other clubs are winding down.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This is a great option if your phone gets jostled around a lot.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There's still time for those three to jostle for seeding.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • To keep all the packed jewelry safe, the case comes with a divider to prevent items from jostling around on the go.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • One morning, his mom jostled him from sleep with a phone call.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Among those jostling for a spot on the nominations list?
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Ta’Shia Phillips stood watching the waiting cars jostle for their spot in line.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Those who made the trip were able to enjoy the city as few have: without swarms of other tourists to jostle with.
    — New York Times, 29 May 2021
  • But jostling through so many bodies after so long made my brain freeze.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • What happens is that a bunch will get to jostling one another trying to get at the cat, and the one closest to the edge goes over.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Greenberg has his group running in place or jostling as if aboard a trolley car.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Our only complaint about this grill is that the lid lock isn’t the most secure and can come undone if the grill is jostled around.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • Play is aggressive, as the teams jostle for position and hurl the ball toward the goal.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2021
  • Tonight, though, was all about pressing the flesh and pitching the concepts in front of a jostling melee of industry heavyweights.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Pizzerias in Barcelona, Denmark and London jostle at the top.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 6 May 2023
  • While the streamers have been jostling for dominance, though, YouTube has surpassed them all.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 18 July 2023
  • The crank does not lock into the roller and can fall out if the machine is jostled too much, so be careful when moving it around.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But, every so often, the series channels the rage that drives people to snuff out the threats that jostle too close.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Sacha, if he was dressed up as Brüno — and this did not happen with Borat — people would just jostle and slap him.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • They were moved to a shake table and jostled for 60 seconds to gauge their resiliency.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • Maybe a week-long look in the mirror could jostle loose some new sense of hope heading into the season’s second half.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Over the last six months mining firms have begun jostling to acquire copper assets.
    — Megha Mandavia, wsj.com, 5 May 2023
  • As the team continues to jostle for positioning in the standings, many games down the stretch will have a playoff feel.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2022
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jostle

2 of 2 noun
  • Just a sweet glide across the land, no bellyache from a jostle.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 June 2021
  • After Allison grabbed the wheel, Martin felt the bus jostle and swerved to the right, off the road.
    — Emily Foxhall, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Push-carts loaded with sacks of grain bump and jostle through the hubbub.
    — The Economist, 2 Aug. 2019
  • In the intense video, a large crowd jostles on the platform, waiting for the train to arrive.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The sequence starts along the half-wall, where a cluster of white and black jerseys jostles for possession.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 5 May 2018
  • Old images of the store jostle against the barn’s interior walls.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2021
  • These latest quakes were caused by the movement of tectonic plates, the pieces of Earth’s crust that move and jostle against each other.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Density waves, caused by the motion of shepherd moons within the rings, jostle and reshape the rings.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The deal is a setback for Sherwin-Williams as a few big U.S. paint makers buy up small rivals and jostle for market share.
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • The man helplessly bounced the unhappy infant on his lap, but the kid just shrieked louder with each jostle.
    — Andrew McCarthy, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2013
  • The blue and white of the Saltire jostle with the red and yellow of the Estelada, the banner of Catalonia’s separatist movement.
    — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Each bite reveals new flavors as the many forms of umami jostle for primacy.
    — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Bomblets that fail to detonate may lie dormant for decades, poised for the unfortunate jostle that sets them off.
    — Rachel Lance, Wired, 20 Mar. 2022
  • This allowed the jostle of distinctive forms, rather than a monolithic mass.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2018
  • Once the smoldering pile of metal cools, extra precautions must be made because even a slight jostle can restart the flames.
    — Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Bright blue banners for al-Sadr's election alliance jostle for space along streets lined with martyr posters and images of al-Sadr and his father.
    — Susannah George, Fox News, 14 May 2018
  • Midway Atoll is just about the furthest piece of land from civilization and its constant engine whir, data and jostle.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 30 Dec. 2016
  • Even with more modern cluster bombs, if the original trigger does not work properly, a slight jostle is likely to set them off.
    — Rachel Lance, Wired, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Both teams rushed out on the field, but there were no punches thrown; there were a few solid shoves, many light jostles and several pairs of teammates restraining each other.
    — Emma Baccellieri, SI.com, 10 June 2019
  • Hence this jostle for market dominance, which has been a windfall for audiences willing to brave the fire hose in search of quality.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • For now, at least, the jostle and glister of lower Manhattan retain their fragile balance.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2021
  • No one wants their shows to become super-spreader events, as music fans share space, jostle for position or sing along with their favorite bands.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Tall pines that appear imported from a Scandinavian fairy tale jostle for space with palm trees and knotty scrub.
    — Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
  • On a Saturday morning, a cluster of college-age women in sequined red-and-green ghagra choli jostle around a selfie stick in the parking lot.
    — Suman Naishadham, Slate Magazine, 3 Apr. 2017
  • Bahand’s appointment comes at a crucial time in ties between Moscow and Kabul, as the Kremlin jostles for a new era of influence in the country.
    — Washington Post, 20 July 2019
  • What feels uniquely contemporary, in the case of the Clio ad and others like it, is how the prerogatives of clickbait and the trappings of awards-bait jostle against each other within its borders.
    — Jonah Weiner, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The flavors — funk, sour, astringent, sweet, fat — jostle for attention in your mouth, and somehow the totality ends up tasting like sweat.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Guiding a teen through applying to college is stressful for any parent, when the jostle for admission to top-tier schools is fiercer than ever and college costs have ballooned.
    — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • These onions go down amid what at times can be a crowded, chaotic scene, in which diners wait for seats and jostle for access to condiment dispensers, trash cans, silverware bins and soda machines.
    — Matt Stiles, latimes.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Through the glass, gowned staff jostle tightly together and circle the patient's head; to replace tubes; to shift posture; to switch their position and relieve each other from the exhausting task.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 May 2020

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