jolting
Example Sentences
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I’d run my fingers across the convex pyramid textures in the same way other people lay under a weighted blanket or ate sour candy, jolting my subconscious back into the here and now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Skyrocketing jet-fuel prices are jolting the aviation industry, and airlines are bringing travelers along for the ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Women ride past on donkey carts, piled high with vegetables, jolting over potholes deep enough to trap a wheel.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Downhill ski racers are not running backs or point guards, however, and don’t make those same jolting lateral moves and therefore, experts say, are better able to compensate for a torn ACL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
Her spear caught between two trees and brought her to a jolting halt before she wrenched it free and kept running.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
