jostle , also: justle

The way that people jostle with each other to come out on top.

Why had she not jostled them while feeling her way around?

A good number of the people jostling for space were her father's age and older.

A new piece had started up and he was jostled.

The girls have been jostling each other trying to be first just before I open the door.

People were three deep at the bar, jostling for space.

And they shook just a little as she was jostled.

But there is already jostling over space with three programs that share the building.

Several others were jostling their way out of school and college to prove themselves.

Someone jostled him at that moment, and he almost fell over the table.

No, I will not strike out every time they jostle me!

She walked in the lee of him, and no one jostled her.

Anyway, other things were beginning to jostle for attention in my mind.

Then he jostled him gently, the way a father would his son.

They jostled through the door and struck out across the field.

His personal detail moved in so close they were almost jostling him.

They were jostled by smart young people, and no one would do anything for them.

Watch two men at it; there's usually a lot of words and jostling first.

He had been jostled at the start and forced wide.

Which was a good thing, because there must have been a hundred people or more jostling around it now.

She could certainly thread her way through without jostling anyone.

Many of the countries jostled today to take credit for the aid.

Both sides jostled for position, power and public support until the last minute.

In the shuttle, men jostled one another trying for a better view.

The women of the island were jostling to get into the boat.