How to Use jolt in a Sentence
- The car stopped with a jolt.
- The defeat was quite a jolt to the team.
- I sprang out of bed with a jolt.
- She needed a jolt of caffeine to start her day.
- I got quite a jolt when I heard the door slam.
- The unexpected praise he received gave him a jolt of confidence.
- The stock market suffered a major jolt yesterday.
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Boston made the most of the jolt.
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Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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A little jolt from a taser to the ribs.
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Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Both of those moments were jolts.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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That jolt of dread before your alarm even goes off.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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This rum cake gives a jolt of fresh fruit flavor with a touch of booze.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
28 Nov. 2023
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Hearing this gave me a little jolt of shame.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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Hopefully, the past week serves as a bit of a jolt.
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Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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These early jolts serve as canaries in the coal mine.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Which dishes gave me a jolt of surprise?
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Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
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The building jolts and is cloaked in blackness.
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Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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That middle-of-the-night jolt awake is not random.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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The shift to the action in Bologna is meant to give you a jolt.
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Jada Yuan,
Washington Post,
29 Dec. 2023
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But big changes are on the way — with a shocking jolt of chilly air inbound.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
30 Oct. 2023
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Every time Skubal steps on the mound from here, the team will get a jolt.
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Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
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An economic jolt could be felt in a matter of days.
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Mary Clare Jalonick,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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New York’s season has also had its many jolts and flips.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Or maybe your fall wall decor could use a jolt of inspiration.
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Shelby Deering,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2023
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Players often use smelling salts for a quick jolt to their system.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
8 Aug. 2025
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That middle-of-the-night jolt awake is not anxiety or bad luck.
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Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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Bolte should provide the A’s with a jolt by hitting a home run tonight.
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Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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Not quite blue, nor a vibrant green, mint is poised to bring a welcome jolt to your spring wardrobes.
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Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
6 Apr. 2026
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This could cause jolts in the energy markets.
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Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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His deep threat abilities could also help to open the run game, which needs a jolt.
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James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
- The loud bang jolted me awake.
- The explosion jolted the ship.
- He was jolted forward when the bus stopped suddenly.
- The attack jolted the country into action.
- She jolted the medical world with her announcement.
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He was jolted out of his reverie by a whiff of guano in the breeze.
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Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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If that doesn’t jolt you, maybe the thought of hitting a student will wake you up.
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cleveland,
23 Aug. 2021
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The next morning, a call to his hotel room jolted him awake.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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And yet something feels jolting.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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In both types, people are briefly jolted awake by the need for oxygen.
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Linda Carroll,
NBC News,
6 Apr. 2023
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But Reid, setting a tough-love tone, jolted him.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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With the right strategies, they can be jolted off balance.
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Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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The results were jolting and sui generis.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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Someone might be able to jolt him out of his narrow tranche of interests.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
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April’s export controls may have jolted us.
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Young Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Two things have given Harbaugh a chance to jolt that flatline.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
25 Nov. 2021
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Some people don’t want to be jolted awake and prefer a slower wake-up.
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Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
18 Oct. 2023
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One morning, a shooting pain in her shoulder and wrist jolted her from sleep.
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Thomas Floyd,
Washington Post,
17 July 2023
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When Lonnie rings the doorbell about an hour later, the sound jolts me.
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Mitchell S. Jackson,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2023
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But there isn’t enough coffee in the world to jolt the filmmaker out of his stupor.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
23 June 2022
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Michael Massey jolted into place.
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Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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The strikes have jolted markets worldwide and sent the price of oil soaring.
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Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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They might be jolted awake with a pounding heart, multiple times a night, for years.
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Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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Ice water jolts the nervous system.
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Dayanne S. Antonio,
The Conversation,
18 Sep. 2025
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Blue light jolts us awake, blocking our body’s impulse to produce melatonin when the sun fades.
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Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2026
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Hours after resuming her role, Kay is jolted awake by a call.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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All too often, though, a storm or a major mishap jolt us back into awareness of basics.
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Maria Shine Stewart,
cleveland,
28 Dec. 2021
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But the episode jolted their family to action.
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Charlotte Alter,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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Nothing jolts you out of the mid-week blues like a fresh new Zendaya beauty moment.
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Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
7 Mar. 2024
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Charred Vidalia onions and fresh chives jolt this classic party dip into the end zone.
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Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
3 Aug. 2023
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