Sentence examples for considerable jolt from inspiring English sources
But a considerable jolt is going to be needed if a lasting attenuation of civic purpose and courage is to be averted.
True, you can find Mark Twain in 1875 writing "considerable of a jolt," but he enjoyed playing with idioms.
That sequence may be more than "a little bit of a lapse", containing four quite considerable errors, but at least it jolted Donald out of cruise control.
ISLAMABAD, 16 November 2002, In the aftermath of the three earthquakes which jolted the Northern Areas of Pakistan on November 2 & 3, causing considerable loss of life and leaving thousands destitute and homeless, UNICEF responded by sending in a rapid assessment team and providing supplies to evacuees at the makeshift camp at Gonar farm near Gilgit.
The Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates at 1percentthethe lowest level since 1958, but it jolted markets by retreating from its open-ended pledge to keep rates low for "a considerable period".
(Maybe "jolt" is too strong).
