jolt
verb (used with object)
to jar, shake, or cause to move by or as if by a sudden rough thrust; shake up roughly.
is jolting
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present progressiveof jolt (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Still, EO’s announcement is jolting because the group was an exemplar, run carefully by the journalism-minded Forrester family for decades, and a leader in efforts to save remaining local newspapers.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
It is jolting, even knowing all that we know about Hollywood, that McKinney was only in her 30s and facing obscurity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
The way we're doing things is the same way we've been doing them for 70 years, and now the idea that we would have to change is jolting.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
For readers who can stomach it, “Processed Cheese” is jolting enough to reveal what degradation we’ve become inured to.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2020
A clumsy peasant-cart is jolting along the road; the sleepy carter rubs his eyes and gazes after the strange figure with dishevelled hair and disordered dress, hastening towards the forest.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
