How to Use jump-start in a Sentence

jump-start

verb
  • This mid-line stop disrupts the flow of the song and jump-starts the flow of our tears.
    — Jessica Gentile, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Getting outside clears the mind and jump-starts the body for the day.
    — Bypeter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 11 July 2024
  • This is a chance to jump-start your future with the city.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The winter meetings are the time to jump-start that process.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There was a hop, a skip and a jump-start for Newcastle.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Though his first film was Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Rush Hour is the movie that gave him a jump-start.
    — EW.com, 29 June 2024
  • Her schedule got jump-started by that near miss at the 2023 Pan Am Games.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Now the country's leaders are firing up a new round of plans to jump-start growth.
    — Joel Mathis, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Atlanta wanted to run up and down the floor, jump-starting its offense on the fast break.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • One-time state funding of $243 million would jump-start the program.
    — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
  • One-time state funding of $243 million would jump-start the program.
    — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Patzer pushed for 15 years to jump-start the data collection process but said she was stymied by red tape.
    — Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Matt Wallner jump-started the offense, tripling off the wall in center field.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Charlotte jumped ahead in the top of the fourth when Brandon Stahlman jump-started the offense with a solo homer to right field.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
  • Fringed Coats Princess Eugenie also helped jump-start the fringed coat craze in late 2022.
    — Brittany Natale, Woman's Day, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In the case of the Mandelbrot set, computers helped to jump-start an entire field.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Both incumbents trailed in the polls and proposed the debates to jump-start their campaigns.
    — Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • That massive impact could have played a role in jump-starting life.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The 6-foot-3 sophomore guard always comes off the bench with purpose and flair, showing his readiness to jump-start the offense.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
  • There are many places in the world that never had telephones by wire and jump-started to mobile data.
    — Izzie Ramirez, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Will the Buffalo Bills’ signing of Leonard Floyd jump-start the edge-rusher market?
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
  • Some even offer motorboat tows to jump-start your trip.
    — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The data jump-started a big bond price rally, meaning yields fell.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Our programs are designed to jump-start the recovery process.
    — CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The items on this list sound nice to liberal ears: Defeat Hamas, free the hostages, capsize Netanyahu’s coalition, end the war, and jump-start the peace process.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The Rangers outscored Baltimore by 10 in the three-game sweep that jump-started their run to a World Series victory.
    — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
  • Taking at-bats at DH, this is the season that also jump-starts his career as a hitter.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Apple is trying to jump-start AirPods sales after a few soft years.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The city hopes the stadium and its district jump-starts stalled development on the south end of the property, Swartz said.
    — Kyle Newman, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Five minutes later, Janicke hit the post again, and that had the effect of jump-starting the Minnesota attack.
    — Patrick Donnelly, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025

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