How to Use jump-start in a Sentence

jump-start

verb
  • Graves tried to jump-start his life on his third day out of jail.
    — Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And that kind of jump-started us, man.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Dairy Queen wants to jump-start spring with free ice cream.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • It’s meant to jump-start rural health, and then let states do the rest.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The goal is to jump-start the economy.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Some people shower to jump-start their day.
    — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Getting outside clears the mind and jump-starts the body for the day.
    — Bypeter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 11 July 2024
  • This mid-line stop disrupts the flow of the song and jump-starts the flow of our tears.
    — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Maybe this will jump-start someone else’s journey.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 25 Nov. 2025
  • This jump-starts the softening process.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Turn them into a breakfast that jump-starts your day and cuts down on food waste.
    — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Something jump-starts inside her.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • That massive impact could have played a role in jump-starting life.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Jones jump-started his bid with a $10 million check of his own.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Now the country's leaders are firing up a new round of plans to jump-start growth.
    — Joel Mathis, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The win jump-started one of English’s best seasons on tour.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Start by browsing the best bohemian bedding sets to jump-start the process.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The data jump-started a big bond price rally, meaning yields fell.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Maybe an 8-1 win over those Mariners is the jump-start the club needs to get into gear.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • To jump-start this rebuild, Vrabel wants guys who play and act a certain way.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Perhaps showing up to the minicamp can jump-start the contract.
    — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
  • Atlanta wanted to run up and down the floor, jump-starting its offense on the fast break.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Our programs are designed to jump-start the recovery process.
    — CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Get a jump-start on your culinary herb garden now, and plant these perennial herbs that love the heat.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
  • Many CEOs may swear by morning cold plunges or green juice shots to jump-start their days.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Friends and family rushed from near and far to help jump-start operations.
    — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Patzer pushed for 15 years to jump-start the data collection process but said she was stymied by red tape.
    — Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • There are many places in the world that never had telephones by wire and jump-started to mobile data.
    — Izzie Ramirez, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Both incumbents trailed in the polls and proposed the debates to jump-start their campaigns.
    — Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • One-time state funding of $243 million would jump-start the program.
    — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023

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