justle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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He will sometimes propend to us upon the reading a good writer, and at Bellarmine recoils as far back again; and the fathers justle him from one side to another.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
T after s is silent in listen, glisten, hasten, chasten, christen, fasten, moisten, thistle, whistle, bristle, castle, nestle, pestle, gristle, jostle, justle, hustle, bustle, rustle, epistle, apostle, mistletoe, forecastle.
From Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mann, Mary E.
Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable.
From The Tempest by Shakespeare, William
Methought this word able was spoke so loud unto me and gave such a justle to my fear and doubt as I never had all my life either before that or after .
From Bunyan Characters (1st Series) by Whyte, Alexander
The chariots rage in the streets, They justle one against another in the broad ways: The appearance of them is like torches, They run like the lightnings.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
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