Sentence examples for a sudden jolt from inspiring English sources

A sudden jolt threw him to the floor.

But I experienced a sudden jolt of prejudice that surprised me.

Those holding existing contracts that use LIBOR could face a sudden jolt when the new system is switched on.

The world has been slow to grasp the enormity of this crisis, perhaps because it unfolded slowly, not in a sudden jolt like an earthquake or tsunami.

Compressional waves are fast-moving, high-frequency waves, audible to dogs and certain other animals but experienced by humans only as a sudden jolt.

The producer wants to jump from one part of an interviewee's words to another, but wants to avoid a sudden jolt on screen.

told Bloomberg passengers felt "a very sudden jolt" when the collision happened, but the train remained on the tracks and slowed to a stop. .

That accelerometer in your laptop is meant to interrupt hard drive activity in case of a fall or sudden jolt, but it can also be used to detect seismic activity.

What stays with you is no sudden jolt or an image so much as the phrase "crunch crunch crunch".

There can be a range of triggers, from the sudden jolt of having to flee your home or witnessing violence, to the absence of a daily routine when in a camp, or not having your usual community support networks.

This is so that, should one of us fall, he doesn't find himself "shockloaded" – another great new term referring to the sudden jolt caused by a falling body reaching the end of the slack (it's right up there with "the European death knot").