Verb (used with object) : The crowd jostled him into the subway. ,The three families jostle each other in the small house. ,rival gangs continually jostling each other. ,The thought jostled her complacency. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : He jostled for position. From Dictionary.com.
And then apparently the line went dead with all the jostling from the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Health Secretary freed from captivity!] Reference
Readers look to bestsellers lists to find out what's hot in the bookstore; with thousands of titles jostling for attention being. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Leading the jostling is the Senate President, whom THISDAY gathered, is insisting that a serving Senator from the party be considered. From Wordnik.com. [Thisday Online] Reference
It just was kind of jostling around and was just glad the plane was intact. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2009] Reference
It just was kind of jostling around, and was just glad the plane was intact. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2009] Reference
It just was kind of jostling around and was just was glad the plane was intact. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2009] Reference
My host, who I will refer to as Maternal Unit, has been doing exactly the kind of jostling I like. From Wordnik.com. [wombmate wanted, non-smoker] Reference
Mugabe said there were members of his party "jostling" to be his successor as Zimbabwe heads toward elections proposed for later this year. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Demonstrators surrounded Geller and began jostling him. From Wordnik.com. [War Of The Weary] Reference
Oscar says, throwing an arm around me and jostling me roughly. From Wordnik.com. [Leche] Reference
Always, the crowd underneath, the bald heads, the soft jostling. From Wordnik.com. [Roanne's Dream] Reference
Beijing's top diplomats are trying to play down the pre-summit jostling. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
There's a bit of jostling as we touch down, but then we're on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Found Art # 1: In Which I Discover Life After Death] Reference
The weird matey jostling with the alpha male I find, well, nauseating, TBH. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Stephen Fry, British Polymath: A Twinterview] Reference
But after all that jostling for position, no fan ended up with the souvenir. From Wordnik.com. [A-Rod Hits Home Run No. 600] Reference
Each day was full of jostling, running with Manny, and chasing feral cats. From Wordnik.com. [Green Animals] Reference
The jostling and shoving at CARE distribution points is less enjoyable to watch. From Wordnik.com. [THE PRICE OF CARING] Reference
Members of the crowd began jostling my photographer and pushed me to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [A Year On, 'Everyone Is Torn'] Reference
All are symptoms of the jostling, desperate grab for markets that rules the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Evils Of Markets] Reference
Pedestrians bustled by, jostling me, giving the impression of purpose, prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Blind] Reference
Other priests passed huge baskets of bread over the heads of jostling worshippers. From Wordnik.com. [Turkey Allows Monastery Mass] Reference
And what could a Western government send a huge, jostling line on a Bryansk avenue?. From Wordnik.com. [How Much Hunger?] Reference
If this were August 2007, investors would be jostling for a piece of China Kanghui. From Wordnik.com. [IPOs Could Face Finicky Audience] Reference
Tribe was self-confident and professorial, clearly at ease jostling with the judges. From Wordnik.com. [The View From The Courtroom] Reference
They make it through the light and disappear into the jostling traffic of 7th Street. From Wordnik.com. [After the brawl: "It's like an addiction to come down here."] Reference
He's been jostling for hours in subfreezing air to buy kerosene for a makeshift heater. From Wordnik.com. [Freezing Georgia Tussles with Russia Over Gas Prices] Reference
The jostling between Obama and Clinton over who would make a more responsible president goes on. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Tough Talk] Reference
She surveyed the jostling crowds before returning to the midway: "I'm wondering where's the recession?". From Wordnik.com. [Feeling Flush in Flushing] Reference
Society's density has them irritably jostling one another 'throwing elbows and litigation for social space. From Wordnik.com. ['The Tangle Of Egos And Rules'] Reference
Their food and drink were jostling around them more as extensions than as extraneous accoutrements to life. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Park (Part I)] Reference
A new government in Kabul will fill the void and prevent Afghanistan's various groups from jostling for power. From Wordnik.com. [Next: 'Nation-Building Lite'] Reference
The Wizards will either be jostling for playoff position or preparing for their third consecutive lottery season. From Wordnik.com. [Wizards season schedule breakdown: Part VI] Reference
Teams of cameramen and TV reporters are jostling for the big interview: it's with Lucy, a rather attractive chocolate labrador. From Wordnik.com. [Metro Bank launch: even the dogs are on-message] Reference
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