jolt

Example Sentences

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Women ride past on donkey carts, piled high with vegetables, jolting over potholes deep enough to trap a wheel.

From Barron's

A jolt of recognition flowed through his body; he was so stunned he almost let go of the door.

From Literature

Now the boat jolted, tipping hard as if it had hit a rock.

From Literature

Breuer has made this his rallying cry as he drives change in the armed forces and tries to jolt Germans from their post-Cold War, end-of-history reverie.

From The Wall Street Journal

That jolted Aranibar, an electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Local 11, into action.

From Los Angeles Times