How to Use jostle in a Sentence

jostle

1 of 2 verb
  • Everyone in the crowd was jostling each other trying to get a better view.
  • There was shoving and jostling.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Plus this lineup needs some jostling.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This is a great option if your phone gets jostled around a lot.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • One morning, his mom jostled him from sleep with a phone call.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • But jostling through so many bodies after so long made my brain freeze.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The breadline had grown longer, and young men were jostling to secure a place.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • More cheering, back-slapping, and jostling.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Greenberg has his group running in place or jostling as if aboard a trolley car.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Cut inside before the herd turns left, and you can get jostled and blocked.
    — Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Crowds jostle around bathrooms whose pipes are often clogged.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • On weekends, the place comes to jostling life just as all the other clubs are winding down.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Use your clean hands to gently jostle the berries to ensure all pieces and sides are washed.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Tech companies have been jostling for that money.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • Companies are jostling for an AI stock bump.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 14 May 2026
  • But a number of plot elements keep jostling you back to the present moment.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Both teams aren’t just jostling for position in the 9-10 spots.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The quake was the second to jostle the San Diego area in as many days.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • People are jostling to replace Keir Starmer.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
  • Best of all, the car takes bumps and potholes with a minimum of jostling to riders.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In addition to the snow on the nest, strong winds can be seen jostling the tree before the collapse.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • On a recent call, the girls jostled over who would talk to him first during a car ride with their mother.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The first few million years are chaotic as the growing worlds jostle for their place around the young star.
    — Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • To keep all the packed jewelry safe, the case comes with a divider to prevent items from jostling around on the go.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The right bud, if jostled, blasted a loud static into my fragile ear drum.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
  • More bad headlines may continue to jostle the markets in the near-term.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Over the last six months mining firms have begun jostling to acquire copper assets.
    — Megha Mandavia, wsj.com, 5 May 2023
  • This is stylish and practical but not secure if placed where the glasses might get jostled.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This is stylish and practical but not secure if placed where the glasses might get jostled.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This is stylish and practical but not secure if placed where the glasses might get jostled.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025

jostle

2 of 2 noun
  • Just a sweet glide across the land, no bellyache from a jostle.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 June 2021
  • Push-carts loaded with sacks of grain bump and jostle through the hubbub.
    — The Economist, 2 Aug. 2019
  • In the intense video, a large crowd jostles on the platform, waiting for the train to arrive.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Old images of the store jostle against the barn’s interior walls.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Each bite reveals new flavors as the many forms of umami jostle for primacy.
    — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The sequence starts along the half-wall, where a cluster of white and black jerseys jostles for possession.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 5 May 2018
  • The parts of night untouched by the light of day jostle and crowd against one another not just in Japan but all over the world.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • This allowed the jostle of distinctive forms, rather than a monolithic mass.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2018
  • The man helplessly bounced the unhappy infant on his lap, but the kid just shrieked louder with each jostle.
    — Andrew McCarthy, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2013
  • Bomblets that fail to detonate may lie dormant for decades, poised for the unfortunate jostle that sets them off.
    — Rachel Lance, Wired, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Density waves, caused by the motion of shepherd moons within the rings, jostle and reshape the rings.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2019
  • After Allison grabbed the wheel, Martin felt the bus jostle and swerved to the right, off the road.
    — Emily Foxhall, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Once the smoldering pile of metal cools, extra precautions must be made because even a slight jostle can restart the flames.
    — Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
  • These latest quakes were caused by the movement of tectonic plates, the pieces of Earth’s crust that move and jostle against each other.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Swift strokes jostle forward in a single, albeit rumpled, optical plane.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • No one wants their shows to become super-spreader events, as music fans share space, jostle for position or sing along with their favorite bands.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Even with more modern cluster bombs, if the original trigger does not work properly, a slight jostle is likely to set them off.
    — Rachel Lance, Wired, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Tall pines that appear imported from a Scandinavian fairy tale jostle for space with palm trees and knotty scrub.
    — Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
  • This surrender to life is what Josh and Lindsay lost in the jostle for advantage and power.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Hence this jostle for market dominance, which has been a windfall for audiences willing to brave the fire hose in search of quality.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • For now, at least, the jostle and glister of lower Manhattan retain their fragile balance.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Midway Atoll is just about the furthest piece of land from civilization and its constant engine whir, data and jostle.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 30 Dec. 2016
  • The crinkle of protein bars being unwrapped blended with the jostle of conversation.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Both teams rushed out on the field, but there were no punches thrown; there were a few solid shoves, many light jostles and several pairs of teammates restraining each other.
    — Emma Baccellieri, SI.com, 10 June 2019
  • As the three jostle for seeding in the Stanley Cup playoffs, these games between them take on an outsized importance.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Bright blue banners for al-Sadr's election alliance jostle for space along streets lined with martyr posters and images of al-Sadr and his father.
    — Susannah George, Fox News, 14 May 2018
  • Rival arms of the state, including the security forces, jostle for influence.
    — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The flavors — funk, sour, astringent, sweet, fat — jostle for attention in your mouth, and somehow the totality ends up tasting like sweat.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Siblings don't physically attack each other, but older birds easily out-jostle smaller ones for food.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2013
  • Guiding a teen through applying to college is stressful for any parent, when the jostle for admission to top-tier schools is fiercer than ever and college costs have ballooned.
    — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022

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