Sentence examples for jolts up from inspiring English sources

"jolts up" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means "to abruptly move up or to jump up in surprise or shock". Example: She jolted up, shocked by the loud noise coming from outside.

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When her asshole husband finally shows up at the hospital hours later, he takes Cordelia's hand, and she immediately jolts up in bed and opens her (now white) eyes.

A shiver of white pain jolts up my coccyx.

The word "mingling" sends jolts up the small of my back.

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Viewed from shore, the race unfolded slowly: three boats punching forward, pausing, then jolting up again.

I leave early next morning, jolting up to the airstrip-in-a-field where my tiny plane awaits.

The jeeps jolted up a track and finally stopped before a cave where two Socotran families lived.

Here, as in other movies that use violence to jolt up the dreary proceedings, Chris and his problem turn out to be the warm-up act for Killer Joe.

Footage showed flags positioned on the top of the vehicle alongside militants wearing Hamas uniforms and guns, with the "tank's" turret being moved from side to side, and the "gun" jolted up and down.

And Jean-Claude's life of indolence, which consisted of snoozing through any instruction, rampant all-night sex romps and platefuls of grilled spiced pork washed down with 7-Up, was jolted up a bit.He was 19, and had no idea what a ruler-for-life was supposed to do.

I still recall, some years ago in Kiev, jolting up and down on my seat inside a speeding marshrutka (a kitschy type of shared taxi particular to ex-Soviet states) desperately trying to solicit some directions to my hostel, located near the city's main station.

"Just don't get us killed, alright?" Gale's partner Benson responds, jolting up with alacrity as he feels the brakes slam for the umpteenth time.

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