How do you use Jostling in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like jostle or shove, plus the exact meaning.
Jostling meaning
present participle and gerund of jostle
Using Jostling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of jostle
- Useful related words include: jostle, shove.
- In the example corpus, jostling often appears in combinations such as: jostling for, jostling to, the jostling.
Context around Jostling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jostling
- In this selection, "jostling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aspirants, candidates and minimal stand out and add context to how "jostling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 17 candidates jostling to occupy and among aspirants jostling for the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jostling" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jostling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The papers on Thursday cover political jostling and the generosity of the King. (13 words)
Suddenly there is some jostling in the line and one of the nuns is trying to cut in front. (19 words)
Globalization is undoubtedly one of the keywords of 2022, with a bunch of tech giants jostling for a piece of pie. (21 words)
Everyone waited politely single-file on the platform, and the fast bus pulled up, departees spilling out, our line jostling to get in. Yes, in that classic “Como México, no hay dos” fashion, things were a bit anarchic. (38 words)
The highest-profile retirement has been SHK Scallywag, one of four 100-foot super maxis jostling for line honors, which sustained a broken bow sprit and withdrew on the first evening of the race. (34 words)
However, the civil group called on members-elect to choose freely among aspirants jostling for the Speaker of the House of Representatives seat based on their competence, acceptability and experience over the years. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After their first viscous venture, Thompson and his crew learned that if they hauled traps with minimal jostling, they could avoid triggering the wrigglers’ hyperactive slime glands.
Everyone waited politely single-file on the platform, and the fast bus pulled up, departees spilling out, our line jostling to get in. Yes, in that classic “Como México, no hay dos” fashion, things were a bit anarchic.
Globalization is undoubtedly one of the keywords of 2022, with a bunch of tech giants jostling for a piece of pie.
He'd crossed the line third, but was upgraded when Mexico's Fernando Martinez, who crossed the line first, was disqualified for obstruction and jostling.
However, the civil group called on members-elect to choose freely among aspirants jostling for the Speaker of the House of Representatives seat based on their competence, acceptability and experience over the years.
Michael Wood was seen jostling with the officers outside Sainsbury’s on George Street in the footage, which has been viewed millions of times across social media.
Prof Orubide Etebu, assures that going by the track record of all six aspirants jostling for the party ticket, she is assured that the exercise shall be rancour-free, fair, transparent and credible.
Suddenly there is some jostling in the line and one of the nuns is trying to cut in front.
The highest-profile retirement has been SHK Scallywag, one of four 100-foot super maxis jostling for line honors, which sustained a broken bow sprit and withdrew on the first evening of the race.
The papers on Thursday cover political jostling and the generosity of the King.
Those children - played by Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin - are seen constantly jostling for position and attempting to curry favour with their father.
Adani, who is worth $106 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, has been jostling with Ambani for the spot of the richest person in Asia.
Apart from Mohammed, others jostling for the top seat include former Kenyan Premier League CEO Jack Oguda, ex Kenyan international Sammy 'Kempes' Owino and Gor Mahia Secretary General Sam Ochola.
As a result, all eyes will be on fourth place after Christmas, with the jostling in the second half of the season to be one of the major talking points.
Fans at the guardrail were packed nearly to the overflow, and they screamed as their rock star emerged, jostling like the front row of a concert.
If you’re using the T9 for remote work and need to carry it in a duffel or backpack often, it can stand up to the jostling without compromising your data or files.
The all-foam construction and gel memory foam comfort layer help stop motion where it occurs rather than transferring it through the entire bed and jostling your partner awake.
THE highly anticipated off-cycle election for the governorship seat of Edo came up on Saturday with 17 candidates jostling to occupy the Government House at the Osadebey avenue in Benin.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that eight candidates jostling to fill the position are from African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, Social Democratic Party, Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party.
A new EU sustainable finance platform will take over as the European Commission’s advisor on taxonomy next month – and both industries are jostling to be included on the panel.
Common combinations with jostling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- jostling for 22×
- jostling to 10×
- the jostling 5×
- are jostling 5×
- and jostling 4×
- jostling with 4×
- jostling and 4×
- seen jostling 3×
- jostling in 3×
- candidates jostling 3×