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jangling

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verb

present participle of jangle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jangling
Adjective
  • In Salonen’s reading of that music, Mussorgsky’s score is lean, metallic and very fast.
    Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The Academy Award-winning actress paired the look with dangling diamond earrings, a silver Gucci clutch purse and metallic platform high-heel shoes.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started removing the large, yellow Black Lives Matter mural down the street from the president's home.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Leaders outside academia would be wise to consider Harvard's clear and strident response closely.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The Biden White House was strident in its condemnation of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and was the single-most important country for Kyiv's supply of military aid.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The beginnings of the dissolution of dialogue Until 1990, American politics and government was always a raucous and contentious how-do-you-do, but ultimately a cooperative venture to one degree or another.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • What compelled you to pivot to horror in 1930s Mississippi, infused with the segregation of the time, and a raucous celebration of the blues?
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • They were inspired by the protean roots of samba, the silky vibe of the bossa nova, and the jangly wave of Brazilian pop-rock known as jovem guarda.
    Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The jangly guitar beat sneaks up on you, and while C.R.O builds it into a solid chorus, his pronunciation can veer into cursive singing.
    Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Some of those weird dissonant chords, there’s some of that in there for sure.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Some of those weird dissonant chords, there’s some of that in there for sure.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While seeing your university represented in one of the most popular TV shows can be jarring, the school’s response to the suicidal ideation scene also took some of the students aback.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2025
  • At the very least, Angry Birds 2 is sometimes jarring, and that’s not nothing in a land of vanilla crowd pleasers.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Our emissions are simply too loud, too noisy, and too difficult to remove.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The resulting truck was so noisy it couldn’t be sold in several states, including California, Florida, and Maryland.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Jangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jangling. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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