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joltings

n. (plural of jolting English)

Usage examples of "joltings".

The sudden joltings and rocking of the car at stations and on curves did not affect the bronze man’s balance.

I rocked the right half onto its back, bringing the carbine up, and pulled the trigger as fast as I could, but the little joltings of the weapon came at least five minutes apart.

As if to make up for the dispersed and agitated years, with their “stand-up” lunches and dinners rattled down to the joltings of the dining-car, he cultivated the last refinements of punctuality and monotony, discouraging his wife’s fancy for the unexpected.