We were jarred and bounced over the rough road until we entered a clearing where a small weather-grayed house stood and fields stretched barren beyond it.

Question

Based on the sentence above, what is the meaning of jarred? What context clues does Mildred Taylor give the reader?

Asked by Chicken J on 2/16/2021 2:32 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 2/16/2021 3:57 PM

Answered by Aslan on 2/16/2021 3:57 PM

Their bodies were bounced around and stiff from the bumpy road.

Jarred: send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body).