justle
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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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 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
I do not discommend or derogate from those other studies; I should betray mine own ignorance and weakness should I do so; I only wish they might not altogether justle out and exclude this.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable.
From The Tempest by Shakespeare, William
The nobles justle one another to get nearest to the king's elbow, and wear gold chains of that weight and bigness as require no less strength to carry than they do wealth to purchase.
From In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Erasmus, Desiderius
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