justle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable.
From The Tempest by Shakespeare, William
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
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 shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
The Coachmen took care to meet, justle, and threaten each other for Way, and be intangled at the End of Newport-Street and Long-Acre.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest
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