jostle
verb (used with object)
to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
had jostled
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past perfectof jostle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The quartet of Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Samuel Dickinson and Beth Potter had jostled with Germany for the lead throughout the race.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
The compromise over house speaker could help to defuse some tensions between the two biggest parties which had jostled for weeks over the speakership.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
Perhaps the Patek examination had jostled something: Winding seemed to be all it needed now.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2017
It had jostled against another faction led by Defense Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.
From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2011
Then it came to me: the man in the crowd who had jostled me from behind.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
