All he knew was that the man's words had sent an unpleasant jolt through him.

Donovan, who'd seen riots at first hand, felt an unpleasant jolt in the pit of his stomach.

Her words had given him an unpleasant jolt.

With an unpleasant jolt, Mara remembered that here also marriage changed the order she had known.

But the single eye, and the unexpected crudeness of the drawing, gave me an unpleasant jolt.

Investors who are not yet aware of the recent turmoil in bonds may get an unpleasant jolt when they check their mutual fund holdings.

She felt an unpleasant jolt of surprise and then wariness.

Yet her first sight of Andross's transport gave her an unpleasant jolt.

Reality, and the dry night air, always brought him back with an unpleasant jolt.

And she noticed, with an unpleasant jolt, that he was strapped down to the bed.