How to Use jolt in a Sentence

jolt

1 of 2 noun

• The car stopped with a jolt.
• The defeat was quite a jolt to the team.
• I sprang out of bed with a jolt.
• She needed a jolt of caffeine to start her day.
• I got quite a jolt when I heard the door slam.
• The unexpected praise he received gave him a jolt of confidence.
• The stock market suffered a major jolt yesterday.
• The shift to the action in Bologna is meant to give you a jolt.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• The Pitchess motion has sent a jolt through the department.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Preston made it to the fourth jolt before rolling off the calf’s right side and tumbling to the dirt.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
• This rum cake gives a jolt of fresh fruit flavor with a touch of booze.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• Trailing 3-0 the Chiefs needed that jolt on the first drive of the second quarter.
  — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• But big changes are on the way — with a shocking jolt of chilly air inbound.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• By game’s end, both teams appeared gassed, but New York left the court with the jolt of a strong win, its ninth in a row.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Williams always talks about trying to find a spark or jolt.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
• San Diego State does not have Deion-hiring money, but the thought process of a daring jolt needs to be the goal.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
• The sight of Black men having so much fun in the water brought Miller such a jolt of joy that her eyes filled with tears.
  — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
• The news came as a jolt, in part because of the reputation of the defendant.
  — Kathleen Breitman, Fortune Crypto, 16 Mar. 2023
• Plus, a jolt of caffeine in these works to banish puffiness.
  — Sam Peters, ELLE, 14 Nov. 2022
• Maybe Google always intended to hold it back as a way of giving sales a jolt in the new year.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
• The time for what-ifs clearly had passed, though, as Tatis sent a jolt through a park simply by walking to the batter’s box.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
• Many people need a jolt of caffeine to jumpstart their day and often stop by the nearest cafe on the way to work or school.
  — Lizzy Briskin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
• Not a life-threatening jolt to your system, but a shock to some degree.
  — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• The feeling of the cold metal of the bar and the rough edges of the knurling on my palms sent a jolt to my system, triggering the sense memory of strength.
  — Alyssa Ages, SELF, 13 Sep. 2023
• Or maybe your fall wall decor could use a jolt of inspiration.
  — Shelby Deering, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• Throw a jolt of color into the mix, like this playful yellow shoulder bag, for a touch of sass.
  — Kristina Rutkowski, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Dec. 2022
• Maybe a jolt will help: The Rangers have already been talking about possibly adding top prospect Evan Carter.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
• In bed: Getting up could result in injury as the ground jolts; stay in bed, and cover your head with a pillow.
  — Cameron Fozi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
• And this week on Face the Nation: America's economy got a jolt late last week.
  — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2023
• The first major jolt came when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014.
  — A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2023

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jolt

2 of 2 verb

• The loud bang jolted me awake.
• The explosion jolted the ship.
• He was jolted forward when the bus stopped suddenly.
• The attack jolted the country into action.
• She jolted the medical world with her announcement.
• If that doesn’t jolt you, maybe the thought of hitting a student will wake you up.
  — cleveland, 23 Aug. 2021
• When Lonnie rings the doorbell about an hour later, the sound jolts me.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• In both types, people are briefly jolted awake by the need for oxygen.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Given the need to jolt our neurons, our choice today is Jack Daniel’s.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Sep. 2021
• But there isn’t enough coffee in the world to jolt the filmmaker out of his stupor.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 June 2022
• The 6-foot-2 senior scored 18 points in the second half to jolt the Liberty offense back to life.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
• The joy of the news was jolted by a phone call, one to inform Cano that the Minnesota Twins had traded him to the Orioles.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2023
• The only thing guaranteed to jolt you out of Funke’s Roman fever dream?
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2022
• Two things have given Harbaugh a chance to jolt that flatline.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2021
• Nothing jolts you out of the mid-week blues like a fresh new Zendaya beauty moment.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 Mar. 2024
• Some people don’t want to be jolted awake and prefer a slower wake-up.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• But the prospects for cuts have slowly been dimming, jolted by stubborn inflation in the first two months of the year.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Charred Vidalia onions and fresh chives jolt this classic party dip into the end zone.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2023
• One morning, a shooting pain in her shoulder and wrist jolted her from sleep.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
• Brown is still undoubtedly headed for a knife fight in a state that jolted to the right during the Trump years.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2023
• In the second inning, Wil Myers robbed Corey Seager of a homer to left, the kind of catch that has the potential to jolt and propel a team.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2021
• Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.
  — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
• The sector was jolted last March as the collapse of three regional banks weighed on the industry.
  — Bre Badham, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
• The caffeine gives them a boost of energy and jolts them awake to either keep working or to get outside in their new time zone.
  — Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
• But his goal is to jolt members of Congress and others into action on gun laws.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
• Maybe Jerry Jeudy will jolt the Broncos (3-4) back into the win column.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2021
• Yet a massive change is afoot that threatens to upend this supply chain and jolt prices for sweets, skin-care products and herbal medicines.
  — Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
• In the middle of the night, you’re jolted awake by a throbbing pain in your mouth that is radiating down your neck and behind your eyes.
  — Myechia Minter-Jordan, STAT, 14 June 2023
• All too often, though, a storm or a major mishap jolt us back into awareness of basics.
  — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2021
• These all come to play regarding the physical forces that will jolt you and your vehicle.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024