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
• 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.
  — 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
• 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 first, jump-started by an electric return from Zachariah Branch, stalled at the five-yard line and resulted in a field goal.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
• Robert jump-started the Sox offense Monday against the Athletics, hitting a home run in the first inning.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
• The fund’s backer had pledged that the fund would be jump-started with up to $200 million in seed capital, more than any of the other funds disclosed.
  — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
• If the jump-start came from microlightning in water sprays, rather than full-sized lightning strikes over water, Zare and his colleagues say that could solve the problem and give life to a new version of the old hypothesis.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
• Their liberation came as France and the rest of Europe are trying to jump-start talks with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
  — arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025