- present participle of jolt.
jolting
Example Sentences
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I’d run my fingers across the convex pyramid textures in the same way other people lay under a weighted blanket or ate sour candy, jolting my subconscious back into the here and now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Stocks tumbled last month as the conflict in the Middle East escalated, threatening to raise fuel costs worldwide and jolting global energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Women ride past on donkey carts, piled high with vegetables, jolting over potholes deep enough to trap a wheel.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Downhill ski racers are not running backs or point guards, however, and don’t make those same jolting lateral moves and therefore, experts say, are better able to compensate for a torn ACL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
Moments tick by, our hands clasped, electricity jolting wildly through me.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
