jounce
Example Sentences
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A chunk of flaming timber jounced down a sharply angled slope, smacked onto a two-lane road and hurtled into a thicket below, igniting brush along the way.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021
Wielgus and I climbed into his pickup and jounced back toward the blacktop.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2018
The bed jounced when Mannie sat down on it where the medic had been sitting.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2014
Lovers were courting on the white wooden benches, waiters jounced past us carrying trays holding glasses of orange juice and apple tea.
From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2011
Holding firmly to the trunk, I took a step toward him, and then my knees bent and I jounced the limb.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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The Unteachables
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