How To Use Jolted In A Sentence
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U.S. stocks rose as General Motors jolted higher on its visions of a battery-driven future and as financial stocks like J.P. Morgan Chase rebounded despite economic data that suggested a "stagflationary" environment.
J.P. Morgan Chase,
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The first rutted section of the road jolted the vehicle airborne, slamming my head against the roof.
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It started at four this morning when I was jolted awake by a particularly hideous hypnogogic hallucination.
Actually, Today Is Pretty Typical, So Far
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But before sleep could sneak one pajamaed toe into the bedsheets of her consciousness, an electric shock jolted her painfully into alertness.
The Three Furies
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The sound of something clinking loudly against metal jolted Chandra out of her thoughts and she looked up quickly.
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All this went a long way to restore my self-respect, badly jolted by the morning incident.
THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
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As she was going to insert some cream on the laser burn, the ship jolted and the lights flickered and the ship was steady again.
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An official at the meteorology and geophysics office here said the new trembler, measuring 5,7 on the Richter scale, jolted Aceh at about 11.52 am.
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The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground.
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The vehicle brakes sharply; husband and wife are jolted against each other.
Times, Sunday Times
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How many babies before mine have been jolted awake by the bumps and cracks in the concrete created by unruly tree roots and water damage?
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The memory jolted me and fresh tears pricked my eyes.
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You are jolted back to reality.
The Sun
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The car jolted us badly over the rough road.
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The impact of the vehicle has jolted the whole house and the brickwork has moved by about 2cm, making it impossible to open a door in the kitchen.
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Next morning, Mildred was jolted awake by the bell ringing in a much more frantic way than usual.
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He slept throughout the entire journey and woke only toward the end of the afternoon as we jolted down the narrow lane to Misenum, where Lucullus had his—well, I was going to call it a house, but the word hardly fits that veritable palace of pleasure, the Villa Cornelia, which he had bought and extended on the coast.
CONSPIRATA
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We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.
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Her angry words jolted him out of the belief that she loved him.
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We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.
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Tom jolted out of his dream, wincing as he knocked his elbow against the bedpost.
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Finally, the train jolted to a halt and the doors opened.
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The carriage jolted through a particularly overeager rut, knocking my still-tender back against the seat and jerking me back to the present.
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Then they jolted back down to earth and bumped into the ditch in the middle of the divider.
JANAKY AND THE GIANT
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All of this would have taken a few seconds when suddenly there was a bang and the car jolted.
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The horses neighed and whinnied in the grand hall and the castle jolted.
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He tried once or twice before hopping to the farmhouse, wincing in pain whenever he jolted the injured ankle.
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The black cloud descended lower over them as the car jolted over the pothole strewn country lane through the hills.
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When you advise a woman to dally with men because they might, in exchange, arrange for that woman “to buy everything from electric blankets to hi-fi records wholesale,” then you have violated the signal code of people who were jolted from the middle class in the 1930s: their ardent desire to behave decently because, for a time in their lives, that behavior was all that separated them from the Helen Gurleys of the world.
Sex and the Married Man
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Then, given certain stimuli--Starlight is one--the viruses are jolted into life, into virulence.
A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
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I'm jolted awake from my nap.
Times, Sunday Times
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He slept throughout the entire journey and woke only toward the end of the afternoon as we jolted down the narrow lane to Misenum, where Lucullus had his—well, I was going to call it a house, but the word hardly fits that veritable palace of pleasure, the Villa Cornelia, which he had bought and extended on the coast.
CONSPIRATA
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Few areas of life went unscathed as seasonal habits and rhythms were jolted out of existence.
Times, Sunday Times
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THE RING OF MY seven thirty wake-up call jolted me.
Holly Would Dream
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Then, given certain stimuli--Starlight is one--the viruses are jolted into life, into virulence.
A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
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He resumed the treadles, staring away before him, jolted over a stone, wabbled, recovered, and began riding faster at once, with his eyes ahead.
The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
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One breathless resident said that he had just seen blood spilling out of the back of an ambulance as it jolted over a bump.
Times, Sunday Times
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Tristyn screamed and jolted upward and moved her legs in a quick manner in an attempt to escape as quickly as possible.
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Creakings and the rumbling of wheels could be heard and occasional bumps jolted me.
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As the taxi-driver played the brake and accelerator game and jolted him through the dark London streets, Mark considered his position.
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It's not every day that I'm jolted out of a lazy reverie by an estate agent and a potential purchaser standing in the middle of my bedroom, admiring the view from the window.
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We trot along in a whirlwind of dust, blinded, bewildered, jolted, we cling to the bar of the cacolet, shut our eyes, laugh and groan.
Sac-Au-Dos 1907
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Caught in my imagining, I miss the U-turn of the escort truck and am jolted by the roaring four-by-four off-roading as it swerves around our vehicle.
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We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.
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Simple things like that jolted him back to reality.
The Sun
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The carriage bumped and jolted on the rough track from the castle.
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Dakota was moving onto his second leaf when he was jolted roughly aside.
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Suddenly the train jolted to a stop and a bunch of armed men entered, forcing us off the train.
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We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.
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The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground.
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A few well timed shoves jolted the wooden crate that had barred the exit, leading them all up into the eerie silent Southwestern portion of La Fortaleza's courtyard.
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The scent of roasting coffee beans jolted me out of my postflight torpor.
The 310: Boy Trouble
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The train jolted into motion.
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Bending down he took her hand gently, which caused an immediate shock of electricity that jolted her for a moment.
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A knock jolted all three of them out of their thoughts.
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A sudden noise jolted him into wakefulness.
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His head jolted up; his slate gray eyes stared longingly into my own.
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The bus jolted to a halt.
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The word "alembic," the ancient chemical apparatus used to heat and distill, had jolted the people nearest to Steven, all the men and women on the platforms; she had felt their sudden intake of breath and the straightening of their spines, could still see it in their faces and their posture.
A Darker Place
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The cab jolted to a violent stop and Rock sprang excitedly into the street.
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THE BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPH jolted the room like a powerfully concussive blast that leaves those in the vicinity damaged but unbloodied.
Hi-Ya!
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Determination to pursue his own course was jolted badly.
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The three walked silently on for a few steps, when Dawn jolted suddenly.
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Neruda's incredible use of metaphor, simile and synecdoche, among other poetic techniques, frequently confronts the reader unprepared, jolted by the sudden flash of creative spontaneity.
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I'm jolted awake the next morning by the trumpeting of a conch shell.
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The genocide has also jolted the world into reconsidering how to prosecute mass killers.
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I was jolted out of my thoughts by something rather surprising.
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He was jolted forwards as the bus moved off.
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You are jolted back to reality.
The Sun
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Suddenly, the bus jolted to a halt and his head crashed into the seat in front of him.
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The death of Princess Diana set off an explosion that jolted many reporters into proclaiming that human feelings matter - a lot.
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In the sudden silence my ear drums continue to pulse, as if the barrage of sound jolted them still.
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The beast jolted up, joints liquefying to lava and arms rising.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny
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Suddenly, you're jolted wide awake.
The Sun
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The name jolted them back to the urgencies of the moment.
The Wicked Day
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The blast jolted the tower, killing six people and causing millions of dollars of damage.
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The bones in his arm jolted violently, causing him to retract, clutching it in pain.
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For 1000 rupees I could be balanced on a crude seat hung from a pole between two thin, reedy men and jolted to the top.
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We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation.
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Around us the noise of the city flowed back as water scooped away returns to its container, and our hansom jolted into life once more.
ANTI-ICE
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Suddenly their car jolted and there was a very bright light outside.
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Jolted by a mugging into the feeling that he is leading a clockwork, incomplete existence, Walker subsequently walks out on his spouse.
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The whole shield jolted as glistening topaz fire erupted from the blade towards the core of the Striker group.
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One breathless resident said that he had just seen blood spilling out of the back of an ambulance as it jolted over a bump.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm jolted awake from my nap.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her heart jolted when she saw him.
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She also expressed concerns about the safety of people standing up, especially disabled people and pregnant women, if the train suddenly jolted.
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His granddaddy was a steelworker in western Pennsylvania, and maybe that's where Haley would've ended up if football hadn't jolted his father out of the small towns and into the NFL.
Kansas City Star: Front Page
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It pulled into a parking bay and the engine jolted before becoming silent.
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I thanked her with my eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep as the car jolted into motion.
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Then the thwack of 700 pages hitting the floor jolted me awake again.
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Picking up a knife and cutting myself jolted me back to reality and gave me peace.
The Sun
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One week later, the youngster was jolted into a new world of mountains, crowded markets, bullrings, and spectacle.
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Half an hours cautious questioning decided each of us that the other was safe; and then for hours, while the train jolted slowly through the pitch-black night, sitting up in our bunks with bottles of beer handy, we damned the British Empiredamned it from the inside, intelligently and intimately.
The Road to Wigan Pier
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Mehna was jolted hard, as if she'd been electrocuted, and she felt herself dislodge from the tranquilizer.
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The phone rang in the middle of the night and jolted me awake.
Christianity Today
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After the pond flashed by, Carlile stared out the window until the train jolted and huffed into the station.
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He slapped the horses and the wagon jolted into motion.
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The agreements have claimed dozens of lives - many of them young people in their teens and 20s - and jolted the Japanese authorities into action.
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The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground.
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The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground.
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A striking pain jolted her as the shock moved over to pain in her leg.
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The lawyers, often personal injury lawyers, are jolted out of their parasitic and banal existence by the novelty of an innocent and deserving client.
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A man was found dead beneath a landslide that followed a number of powerful aftershocks that jolted the island on Wednesday morning.
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My stomach muscles yearned for food, scolding me with sharp pangs that jolted my brain.
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A ear-splitting neigh jolted him back to his senses, and a sudden flash of white shot towards him, ducking underwater for a split second to lift him up beneath it.
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It jolted me into making the decision to quit.
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In another classic instance of more-is-less, Prior, who was jolted by a sudden vision of a neon aleph in Part I, is now shown the better part of the Hebrew alphabet.
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retrieved his named from her jolted memory
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Her angry words jolted him out of the belief that she loved him.
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His remark jolted her into action.
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The wagon jolted again.
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I revelled in its aroma, savoured its taste until I was jolted awake into a caffeine deprived state.
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Renae jolted her leg forward at him, kicking Trent's legs crossed on the floor.
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Picking up a knife and cutting myself jolted me back to reality and gave me peace.
The Sun
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Suddenly, you're jolted wide awake.
The Sun
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One breathless resident said that he had just seen blood spilling out of the back of an ambulance as it jolted over a bump.
Times, Sunday Times
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I was jolted awake into a caffeine deprived state.
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The audience was jolted by the play
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The ship suddenly jolted and an explosion occurred afterwards.
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Two earthquakes, of magnitude 5.6 and 5.4, jolted West Nusa Tenggara and Bali on Wednesday afternoon, but no casualties or damage have been reported.
The Jakarta Post Breaking News
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She jolted slightly in alarm, before leaning back and, cocking her chin to the side, surveyed him in perplexity.
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But as any reader of the odes can attest, Neruda's incredible use of metaphor, simile and synecdoche, among other poetic techniques frequently confronts the reader unprepared, jolted by the sudden flash of creative spontaneity.
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The phone rang in the middle of the night and jolted me awake.
Christianity Today
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Jasmine jolted to a halt and stared aghast into the unholy creature's absent eyes.
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Last night I was jolted out of an unremembered dream by this thought: ‘How will she do it?’
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All of a sudden, the ship jolted from sided to side as if a wave had tried to push it over.
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Determination to pursue his own course was jolted badly.
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The phone jolted him awake.
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The old are often surprised by the anger of the young, and the privileged jolted by the suddenly revealed bitterness of the disadvantaged.
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There was little damage but within 28 hours the city was jolted by 19 tremors.
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He turned the wheel and they jolted over kerbing onto the westbound motorway, picked up speed, and were in the clear.
JANAKY AND THE GIANT
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Everyone was alarmed when the elevator jolted to a halt.
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Damien stumbled back a few paces, caught by surprise and jolted by the force of the blow.
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Common man is taken by surprise for despite an atmosphere charged with uncertainly and fear due to various restrictions and heavy police deployment, the public was mentally prepared to face the verdict, Mishra said and added that even parties to the title suit fully ready for the same, seemed rudely jolted.
The Times of India
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Jolted out of my hard-earned sleep, I sat back on the bench and smothered a yawn, hoping that Madam wouldn't see.
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The main quake and subsequent 20 aftershocks jolted major cities of Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
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My fiance and I were walking from a street festival to a friend's BBQ when I was jolted by a "clang" sound from across the street.
Mary Lou Song: America's Front Porch: Living The American Dry-Cleaning Dream
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The train stopped unexpectedly and we were jolted forwards.
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His arms and legs felt bruised but not broken; his jolted insides gradually settled back into place and a brief queasiness passed.
THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
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A stinging slap across the face jolted her.
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Vincent jolted backwards; the electricity hit him too.
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Her heart jolted when she saw him.
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NEW YORK—A stellar 10-year auction jolted the Treasurys market back to life, as buyers showed up in strength to accept one of the stingiest yields on record.
Treasury Prices Surge After Strong Note Sale
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She was dozing lightly when there was a nock on her door, jolted from her sleep she went to the door and opened it a crack.
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Behind them the long baggage train jolted slowly onwards, now floundering axle deep through mud, now rocking perilously over stumps or stones.
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States
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Suddenly, I am jolted back to reality by the fact the rattler is now along side my kayak and is lifting it’s head out of the water in an apparent attempt to come aboard.
Fishing in Texas « You Got to be Kidding's Blog
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The word jolted my memory of the TV program from a few weeks earlier, and raised the question: is it possible to be accidentally hypnotised?
Life of Brian:
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Each time he came close to giving up he was jolted out of his despondency by a fresh physical ordeal.
Times, Sunday Times
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We jolted to a stop, an attendant pried the door half open, and we stumbled out into a high-ceilinged, man-made chamber that housed a railyard for miniature ore trains.
Space Odyssey: Scientists go to the extremes of the earth to divine the secrets of extraterrestrial life.
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The truck jolted along the rough track through the field.
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He reached for the doorknob, but was suddenly jolted with a shock of electricity.
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He was about to sit down when he suddenly jolted up.
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The vehicle brakes sharply; husband and wife are jolted against each other.
Times, Sunday Times
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the jolted passengers
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After the pond flashed by, Carlile stared out the window until the train jolted and huffed into the station.
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After a few minutes the wagon jolted and moved on the track and then there was a sudden thud that almost made Bligh cry out in fright.
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Simple things like that jolted him back to reality.
The Sun
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Its explosions jolted even my supremely blasé Maine Coon out of her slumber and favorite perch.
The Hurt Locker's Missing Disclaimer: No Arabs Were Harmed During the Making of This Movie
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The shuttle jolted again, and an explosion ripped through the rear bulkhead of the passenger cabin.
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Gina was jolted awake by the bus going over a bump.
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Ryley was jolted by the power of the system and felt her inside vibrate to the sound of the bass.
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I noticed the wedding presents still on the sofa so I took them upstairs, then on the way back down I slipped on the last step and jolted my back.
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The truck jolted along the rough track through the field.
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Her heart jolted when she saw him.
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Story: In New York City, an office building is violently jolted, leading the Fringe team to discover a lone survivor — well, technically, a pair of survivors, as the man in the wreckage has physically merged with his counterpart from the alternate reality.
‘Fringe’ Episode 2.15 Recap: ‘Jacksonville’ » MTV Movies Blog
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The pangs of hunger afflicting the countryside has jolted the nation into realisation that food security ought to start at a household level.
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Mack says he was jolted when his subjects reported receiving telepathic warnings about man's decimation of natural resources.
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Her heart jolted when she saw him.
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Rachel Belmore was jolted from a dream, awash with dread.
Excerpt: Puppet Child by Talia Carner
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The car jolted us badly over the rough road.
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Her heart jolted when she saw him.
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The metallic scritch of a key in the lock jolted me out of my funk.
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A resident of the house in question, Maitland Cassia, identified himself as a member of Anti-Racist Action, and said he was jolted out of bed by what he described as a loud
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