justle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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I was in those doldrums which beset the politician when rivals justle him from his little eminence.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert
I am no longer patient of the public eye; nor am I of force to win my way and to justle and elbow in a crowd.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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
Mr. Reflector,—I was born under the shadow of St. Dunstan's steeple, just where the conflux of the eastern and western inhabitants of this twofold city meet and justle in friendly opposition at Temple-bar.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
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