Synonym: jar, jerk, jounce, shake, startle. Similar words: cajole, bolt, molt, molten, revolt, molting, voltaire. Meaning: [dʒəʊlt] n. 1. a sudden impact 2. an abrupt spasmodic movement. v. 1. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion 2. disturb (someone's) composure.
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31. Suddenly she felt a jolt and her body was submerged underneath the mud.
32. He longed for each ice-cold burning jolt in his stomach.
33. Each of us carries an unreliable ankle for instance, and Tony had just given his a jolt.
34. What is in some ways ironic is that a naive notion of necessity had already received a severe jolt from David Hume.
35. And that was when, for the second time, Ronni felt a fierce jolt inside her.
36. It might be the jolt had awakened her. Sweet dreams?
37. She had no idea of Roman's feelings towards her, she realised with a jolt of despair.
38. The tax laws may be a severe jolt to the economy.
39. But in a way what happened last season gave us a necessary jolt.
40. He tumbled sixty feet before he was brought up with a jolt.
41. Tigers have attacked the dummies and torn them apart without any sign of being discouraged by the sharp jolt they have received.
42. Patient confidence suffered a severe jolt when Harold Shipman, a family doctor, was jailed for murdering 15 of his patients.
43. Investors' confidence got a further jolt when budget talks between President Bill Clinton and Republican lawmakers were canceled.
44. The announcement that Guy was to be godfather to the new baby brought her to her senses with a sharp jolt.
45. The Edinburgh side needed to move up a gear to jolt Celtic out of their rhythm.
46. The seismic jolt to Los Angeles home values appears to have finally settled down[sentencedict.com], way down.
47. Pricey stopped with a jolt, his head snapped back, his jaw snapped shut.
48. Harry felt a jolt of breath pump out of his mouth.
49. Suddenly, I feel an internal jolt, a direct hit to the core of the boat.
50. An accidental glimpse in a shop window or mirror may bring us up with a jolt.
51. These stages are a result of the different batches of seismic waves that such a jolt releases.
52. The query seems like a jolt of reality, following stories Mrs Clinton has been telling of her college days.
53. She watched as he crossed the meadow and felt the familiar jolt in the pit of her stomach as he came near.
54. And the next morning she was dead. With a jolt, the lawyer realised what had changed.
55. Her accusation in front of her family had made him coldly furious, she realised with a jolt.
56. Still, the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure.
57. She did it anyway,(sentencedict .com) deploying her chute so late that the jolt made her see stars.
58. Sarella felt a jolt through her entire body at the sight of him.
59. But then, recovering from the jolt, he begins to think not.
60. When a dish is extremely fatty, a jolt of sour acidity provides the backbone to support all that richness.