jostle
verb (used with object)
to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
had been jostling
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past perfect progressiveof jostle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Actually, Chicago had been jostling about among the first four or five U.S. universities for quite some time.
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Blacks, women and others who had been jostling on the cultural fringe increasingly moved toward center stage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet 140 students watched his every move and each turn of the knife more closely than if they had been jostling each other and craning their necks to look over his arm.
From Time Magazine Archive
