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Joust is an English word with synonyms like struggle or tilt. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Joust in a sentence

Related words

Joust | Jousting | Jousts | Jousted | Jousters | Joustra

Joust meaning

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

Synonyms of Joust

struggle tilt battle contend fight

Related words

Other words often associated with Joust or its synonyms:

conflict combat disputation endeavour controversy attempt contestation endeavor try contention effort argument

Using Joust

  • The main meaning on this page is: A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
  • Useful related words include: struggle, tilt, battle, contend.
  • In the example corpus, joust often appears in combinations such as: the joust, joust with, to joust.

Context around Joust

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

good 1× weekend 1×

Often after:

remained 1×

Sentence patterns with Joust

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a good joust but there 1× after the joust with a 1× at a joust 1× at a joust the day 1× augusta weekend joust with woods 1× begin to joust for an 1× continued to joust 1× in the joust 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

conan stevens did 1× he later likened 1× he noted that 1× in the original 1× knights enjoy a 1× rory mcilroy the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a real battle 1× at a joust 1× at medieval times 1× before her arrest 1× continued to joust 1× for six months 1×

Words around Joust

Just before it in the word index:

joussard 3 jours 6 journos 8 journo 8 journies 3 journie 2

Just after it in the word index:

jousted 2 jousters 2 jousting 35 joustra 2 jousts 3 joutsen 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Joust

  • In this selection, "joust" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, good, weekend and remained stand out and add context to how "joust" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a good joust but there and after the joust with a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "joust" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with joust

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He noted that "each had shown valour in the joust". (10 words)

Through the opening six minutes of the fourth quarter, both sides continued to joust. (14 words)

She and the King met last at a joust the day before her arrest. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

While the world’s top golfers begin to joust for an almost obscene $45 million prize fund at the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta today, many of their fellow pros in Asia will not have swung a club, or earned a cent, for six months. (45 words)

The dramatic reaction to Casemiro’s yellow card, which ruled the Brazilian out of the game, was as much because of how United will miss him but also for the disappointment of not seeing him joust with Thomas Partey. (39 words)

He later likened himself to a character from the film A Knight’s Tale, saying: “When they send the knight off to joust, all of his squires behind him, geeing him up, shouting, ‘Get in the cradle’. (37 words)

Example sentences (13)

Conan Stevens did provide a bombastic introduction to the character, displaying who the man was in his entirety when he cut the head off of his own horse at a joust.

In the original musical, there’s a joust, but it’s offstage and the audience never sees it.

The dramatic reaction to Casemiro’s yellow card, which ruled the Brazilian out of the game, was as much because of how United will miss him but also for the disappointment of not seeing him joust with Thomas Partey.

He later likened himself to a character from the film A Knight’s Tale, saying: “When they send the knight off to joust, all of his squires behind him, geeing him up, shouting, ‘Get in the cradle’.

Then within two minutes the Blues were reduced to ten men when MacPherson was given a straight red after the joust with a visiting defender on the halfway line.

Through the opening six minutes of the fourth quarter, both sides continued to joust.

Knights enjoy a good joust, but there is nothing they love more than a real battle.

While the world’s top golfers begin to joust for an almost obscene $45 million prize fund at the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta today, many of their fellow pros in Asia will not have swung a club, or earned a cent, for six months.

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Rory McIlroy, the pre-tournament favourite, refused to bow to convention when the prospect of an Augusta weekend joust with Woods was presented to him.

Until women can also contend in the joust or a ruling queen is portrayed as adept and capable, women are still minor characters at Medieval Times.

He noted that "each had shown valour in the joust".

She and the King met last at a joust the day before her arrest.

The joust remained the primary example of knightly display of martial skill throughout the Renaissance (the last Elizabethan Accession Day tilt was held in 1602).

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Common combinations with joust

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "joust" in a sentence?
An example: "Conan Stevens did provide a bombastic introduction to the character, displaying who the man was in his entirety when he cut the head off of his own horse at a joust." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "joust" from authentic English texts.
What does "joust" mean?
Joust means: A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
What are synonyms of "joust"?
Common synonyms of "joust" include: struggle, tilt, battle, contend, fight.
How many example sentences with "joust" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "joust", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.