jolted

Example Sentences

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Jolted awake by the sound, she opened her eyes to look out the window.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2023

Jolted by the Nord Stream ruptures, European countries have started strengthening security and surveillance around critical infrastructure that could be vulnerable to attack.

From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2022

Jolted by a compression in the snow, she was tossed backward and lost control.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2020

Jolted with peppercorns and juniper berries, the vegetables act like spark plugs on the bourbon-stoked pate.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2017

Jolted from their sugar-cane sacking, barrels poking out, the ingredients of the picnic have spilled out across the floor of the trunk.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez