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1. Marcos made his way over, trying not to jostle too many punters as he threaded his way between the tightly packed tables
2. We jostle one another in the cab, thrown this way and that way by the uneven ground
3. Immediately Jesus perceiving in Himself that the power had gone out from Him turned around in the crowd and asked "Who touched My clothes? Who touched Me?" When all denied it Peter and those with Him said "Master the multitudes press and jostle You and You say 'Who touched Me?'"
4. Though the Philistines may jostle, you will rank as an apostle in the high aesthetic band,
5. jostle for a seat with loads of tourists, even at this early
6. “Does the Earl know I’m here?” Petra asked, sitting up slowly, careful not to jostle the tray
7. He had tried to jostle his way out of position, pushing someone
8. snowcat a lot slower than he preferred, trying not to jostle Emily around and cause her to wake up
9. And that’s why you can’t jostle dead koalas on trees
10. It was simply that it hadn’t occurred to her to jostle Sharpfield’s elbow with any explicit suggestions about how he ought to manage the ships committed to his command
11. Her first instinct, despite the jostle of endorphins and cannabinoids in her bloodstream, was to go ask: Had the police arrived already? Then Miguel had explained, in a chastened voice, that someone had got shot in the park
12. Rabbi Lidner would invariably decide to supplement his monologue with Scripture, which was, after all, what qualified him as a rabbi, and the fumbling of his sausage-shaped fingers on the chalk-holder or the scratch of the chalk on the slate would jostle the ashtray and crumble that magnificent ash
13. The nitrates needed to stay dry, and though she’d taken the least volatile ones, reds and oranges and a little green, you wanted to keep them wrapped in some kind of padding, so they didn’t jostle too much
14. THEY ARE CAREFUL not to jostle each other as they move up stairs and down halls, past doors the neighbors have locked tight for fear of some disruption on the streets below—unless these same neighbors have gone out to join in
15. She refrained from slapping me, thank God, but when she pushed off of my knees, even that little jostle was like being rolled in ground glass and deep-fried in shit
16. Thing 1 eased gently onto the cot beside me, like she knew that the slightest jostle felt like a punch to the gut
17. heap, or why they jostle, overtake one another, and fight, and it would be equally difficult to explain what caused the Russians after the departure of the French to throng to the place that had formerly been Moscow
18. They jostle, and elbow and crowd each other
19. Most of the animals and plants which live close round any small piece of ground, could live on it (supposing its nature not to be in any way peculiar), and may be said to be striving to the utmost to live there; but, it is seen, that where they come into the closest competition, the advantages of diversification of structure, with the accompanying differences of habit and constitution, determine that the inhabitants, which thus jostle each other most closely, shall, as a general rule, belong to what we call different genera and orders
20. It would be difficult to explain why and whither ants whose heap has been destroyed are hurrying: some from the heap dragging bits of rubbish, larvae, and corpses, others back to the heap, or why they jostle, overtake one another, and fight, and it would be equally difficult to explain what caused the Russians after the departure of the French to throng to the place that had formerly been Moscow
21. If he had only known, he would have been aware that the people who would recognize him were in their boxes or grand-stand seats, or in the paddock, where society condescends to jostle elbows with stable boys, proving the truth of the adage enunciated by a true sage: “On the turf, and beneath it, all men are equal
1. Tom and the others were jostled almost constantly
2. Ming jostled to the service desk but the smiling staff had no further information
3. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said,
4. Suddenly he was jostled awake by a sudden climb towards a mountain
5. Better yet, folks jostled for the chance to order her kittens, booking litters for the next year and bumping up her asking price
6. After all, what expectant mother wants to be jostled? I didn’t know whether my passenger was impressed or not, as she maintained a sphinx-like stillness and silence the entire ride
7. He was so delighted to see her that he jogged to where she stood, jostled his way through the crowds and, ignoring the looks of surprise from those around him, wrapped his arms around her
8. Had she betrayed Khan because he was becoming dull? Did she just want a new person to manipulate? Khan had kept her out of the ring, so would she use Raven to do the same? His mind was in pieces, and conflicting ideas jostled for space in his thoughts
9. He was pushed and jostled by his followers pressed in rear by the gallant little Houssas; and then his attendants were all turned roughly aside, and he had to walk into the square unattended
10. The crowd jostled into place around the pit
11. Pirate�s knees were trembling as the kookaburras jostled him to the very tip of the highest branch
12. I jostled with the
13. She found herself being jostled and pushed into the center
14. jostled so severely that had they not been strapped in they would
15. Nearing the bar, he was jostled against her
16. He quickly put his hands out to hold her arms and steer her away from his lower body, but he was jostled again against her
17. added, as two of the guards grabbed the emerging Yigal and jostled him to the end of a line of
18. against the stairs for a moment, then jostled free again, back in
19. jostled between two boulders, where I stopped, a hand on either
20. Barriers, detour signs and one-way systems jostled with notices directing potential and previous clients to the temporary offices of such and such establishment
21. Shortly before they reached the ruler's house, as they hastened through a narrow street and as the throng jostled him, Jesus suddenly stopped, exclaiming, "Someone touched me
22. People jostled each other in the never ending stream that flowed into the city following in the tracks left by others as they ran from Jasra’s Army
23. As Jesus paused, silently but thoughtfully contemplating this scene of commerce and confusion, close by he beheld a simple-minded Galilean, a man he had once talked with in Iron, being ridiculed and jostled about by supercilious and would-be superior Judeans; and all of this combined to produce one of those strange and periodic uprisings of indignant emotion in the soul of Jesus
24. The crowds jostled them, but no one recognized them nor knew that the Son of God was passing by on his way to the last mortal rendezvous with his chosen ambassadors of the kingdom
25. Visitors from around the world, laughed, talked and jostled in the heavily beamed dining room, the stone corridors, the small courtyard with its fountain, or the adjoining tavern
26. Getting back out, he is jostled twice, the second time by the woman hurrying to get herself, the infant and her belongings onto the bus, so that he slips his grip on his shopping bag a bit
27. "What did you say?" A frown and a smile jostled uncertainly
28. Everything jostled and banged around on the train
29. A print machine to his side began to shuffle back and forth as squeaking and scratching sounds jostled from it
30. Then, as if one huge body, the group stood and jostled their way to the back of the room before heading out into the main hall adjoining the dining room
31. Employees at radio stations, announcers with regularly scheduled programs, jostled to connect with WOWO, Ft
32. We passengers were so jostled around that three of the students got sick
33. before they all jostled their way into the cabin
34. Carter ignored him and jostled his way through the horny
35. Being jostled in the offsets
36. He stopped, and I didn’t look behind, but I knew he stood there without moving because Sandal’s halter rang when the horse jostled his shoulder
37. The same small black snake that had jostled him
38. young he was probably still at school jostled his way past me in a dash for the toilets, slopping
39. The jerks of the journey thereon that jostled their man closer to them sharpened Sandhya’s sensuality and deepened Roopa’s desire
40. stand in one place was impossible, as we were constantly jostled by other customers fighting
41. standing in the hall were constantly being jostled this way and that by others who were
42. ‘Monks and nuns jostled and traded punches with the out-
43. He jostled her by the shoulder
44. Sorren wasn’t able to react because his brain was being jostled about
45. Smartly dressed men jostled fresh-faced apprentices for the privilege of pushing the ram
46. ” The Great Goddess calmed and soothed my anguished spirit and I slept again, but woke to confusion as hands bumped and jostled my painting into the same mantelpiece position it had held in Castle Desiree’s sitting room
47. Shuffling, the homeless figure jostled the squeaky cart out of the alley, all alone, mumbling to herself
48. He led Smitty out of the elevator car, shoved the key in the door, and jostled him inside
49. It had been a fine confused reading, in which Ruskin jostled Mr
50. gentleness of the descent was interrupted, as turbulence jostled the aircraft
1. He jostles me with his elbow
2. The light adjusts in the corner of the frame, she jostles the camera from direct center but it is quickly back on level
3. Each of the crew frantically jostles into position to untie the closes section of the cargo’s mooring
4. resonance of the molten lava that jostles to burst out of the surface of earth from beneath the
5. “Quit it,” he says each time her elbow quote-unquote accidentally jostles his
6. Someone jostles past her and she edges through the crowd, trying to find a still place to wait
7. ” The car jostles and twitches beneath Daniel and he slows down a fraction
8. A strong wind from the west buffets and jostles me, but I tweak the controls and keep aiming for the clouds
9. All yields, splits, cracks, floats, rolls, falls, jostles, hastens, is precipitated
10. There, the bottom of a bottle indicates drunkenness, a basket-handle tells a tale of domesticity; there the core of an apple which has entertained literary opinions becomes an apple-core once more; the effigy on the big sou becomes frankly covered with verdigris, Caiphas' spittle meets Falstaff's puking, the louis-d'or which comes from the gaming-house jostles the nail whence hangs the rope's end of the suicide
1. One benefit of it all was that I started to see one or two faces clearly again, if only in those brief moments before the jostling thoughts and memories got too rough
2. The words that fled from him as he stood by the door are now crowding into his skull, jostling for position, desperate to gain access to the thin atmosphere that Billy is breathing
3. Titania and Hipolyta were hidden by the clot of bodies blocking their escape route, but a moment of jostling gave Jameson an instant's glimpse of two small figures nearly with their backs to wall at the far end
4. Her curly black locks tumbled down his back as she hung there; limp, her chin jostling against his ribcage as he ran
5. Now latecomers rushed in, jostling for positions at the back
6. jostling each other as they passed to and from the
7. Jostling the ladder into a comfortable position, he headed for the backyard
8. He knew there were questions jostling just beneath his conscious mind, one concerning the reason for his capture
9. There was the normal amount of jostling, but no violent interventions, miraculously enough
10. Opening his eyes, he saw that the water about his head was filled with thousands of iridescent bubbles, each jostling the other as they crowded in upon him
11. The office was a crush of people jostling its way forward towards the counter
12. The friendly jostling for the added security of the grain storage’s roof and the ramp leading up to it became a spirited contest for the advantage conferred by the finished portions that the second-level offered
13. The spirited jostling turned into an outright brawl for all that was left unoccupied of the longer ramp between the second level and the platform base, which itself had been overwhelmed with humanity
14. He seemed to revive with the jostling and bumping
15. A crowd of field workers were making their way back home, jostling in the late afternoon sun, some of them carrying tools and others dragging long ploughs, shoulders bent under the strain
16. After much cheering and jostling among themselves, one of the mounted men slid down and held out his reins
17. Chica snuggled comfortably in Pedro's lap and was almost dozing off when Pedro shifted, jostling her
18. At first this was benign, just relatively harmless shouting and jostling the workers as they entered the factory gates
19. cars and said, “I’ve heard there is a lot of jostling of the
20. They were bruised from the jostling around, but would not need medical attention
21. approaching they formed a mob jostling for pole position
22. Five minutes and three shots later and the room’s jostling with Stephi’s jerry-built
23. They are jostling each other in front of the gate, expecting me to solve their problem
24. There can even be some jostling around of the patient by the therapist
25. the holy place, but the jostling crowd confuses him so much that he
26. Too much jostling and bucking as Robert coaxed the Cat over a bumpy part of the path
27. This guy is crazy! Desperate to escape, Darek grabbed the doorknob, shaking and jostling it, hoping that it was only a little stuck
28. lose her so easily, here in the jostling melee
29. He searched among the dense, jostling crowds but could find no trace of the murderer
30. Laughing and jostling one another, the group of
31. Then the soldiers trooped up, jostling one another to get in first
32. whole house was filled with everyone shushing everyone else and giggling and, even out on the patio, there was jostling, moving and people yelling at other people to be quiet
33. Once the car had roared past, the blue-shirts, with their jostling lights, raced back down the ramp
34. The jostling subsided when Sam set his drink down, “Ned, what"s the reaction
35. One of the soldiers grabbed my arm, jostling Sean, whose eyes opened wide, startled and he began to cry
36. The posse swarmed into the tunnel in a bunch behind the Leader, jostling and puffing and for many with leaden steps and rubbery knees
37. He was smiling at the lines of people on the opposite side of the road and occasionally jostling with those who pushed from behind
38. The first he would arrange in Mongkok, and while he could have ridden on the underground or taken other public transport he chose to walk and be one of the jostling sidewalk crowd
39. The only thing holding him back was the confined space and Aiden's jostling with his shield
40. After casting his vision over the bustling scene of nubile teenagers, jostling for position
41. As he poured the water into the trough with the thirsty sheep jostling for the best position, he began to think about his future
42. Shouting, crying, jostling with each other and arguing with brightly coloured Trevena soldiers
43. ‘So, with all the wars we’re currently up to our necks in, all the macho superpower jostling, backed up with nukes in silos running on DOS-based five-and-a-quarter inch floppies, seven thousand city killers deployed globally, terrorists left and right who’d love to pop a nuke in through that window,’ he jerked a thumb over his shoulder, ‘not to mention the decline of America, as illustrated by kids going to school with automatic weapons to kill everybody, like everybody, and they’ve got a right to bear arms, and once-great cities like Detroit literally collapsing before our eyes
44. I went up to her and kissed her in the jostling crowd
45. "Our man here,"—Cam slapped an arm over Derrick's shoulders, jostling him slightly
46. He willed her to stop her jostling, but said nothing
47. by the jostling crowds and the noise, she clung to his arm and asked
48. Above the hum of the jostling ambulance a smiling Roy Holl recalled his feelings of that
49. After confusion and jostling around, Joey rammed his body against it
50. The street was jammed by hundreds of men, women and children shouting, laughing and jostling for space