jostle
Example Sentences
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As the Popemobile made its way from the port to the waterfront, people jostled against metal barricades to get a better vantage point for smartphone videos.
From Los Angeles Times
The meeting is a fraught and delicate diplomatic process as countries jostle to protect their national interests, while also attempting to address the issue of climate change.
From BBC
The girls did not rise up and jostle themselves into a happy, wriggling line to get their breakfasts, as Penelope remembered.
From Literature
Passersby jostled Penelope this way and that, making it difficult to keep the book open to the correct page.
From Literature
They don’t jostle with airport crowds or idle unnecessarily in traffic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
