jostle

Example Sentences

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Jostle the memories of the unclean things that hide in its shadows; ask which amongst them knows where dead Queen Yang still lies in dusty state.

From Gulliver of Mars by Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden

Gaunt gunners grapple, giving gashes good, Heaves high his head heroic hardihood; Ibraham, Islam, Ismael, imps in ill, Jostle John Jarovlitz, Jem, Joe, Jack, Jill.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828 by Various

About five guys would get under a pipe and we would Jostle to all get� wet as it was only a small stream of water coming out.

From The Biography of a Rabbit by Benson, Roy, Jr.

Flutter, flutter, the snowflakes all Jostle each other in their fall.

From The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various

Where in reverence heads were bowed Surges now a careless crowd; “Muddied oafs” and “flanneled fools” Jostle “Yanks” with camping stools;— Gone the things that meaning gave “With the old world to the grave.”

From A line-o'-verse or two by Taylor, Bert Leston