- present participle of jostle.
jostling
Example Sentences
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This repeated jostling helps explain why sea ice does not simply keep accelerating and spreading in response to the wind.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Holding, pushing, shoving, jostling and grappling inside the penalty area became something of an epidemic in the Premier League last season.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Without a device constantly jostling my brain and interrupting my thoughts, I became more alert to what was happening around me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The platform is full, but there’s no jostling.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
