jangle
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Gallagher and Brazil striker Richarlison, who headed Spurs' second for his 11th goal this term, epitomised what De Zerbi demands, with Emi Buendia's injury-time Villa reply far too late for any Spurs nerves to jangle.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
“It’s a big space,” he said in an interview, away from the jangle of slot machines and the smoke-laden casino floor.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
No, there is no séance with the supernatural nor summoning of spirits, just a jangle of regrets.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Hearing the jangle of keys, Sabir, a senior from Afghanistan, emerges from the copy room.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
I hear the jangle of keys, the flick in the ignition, the awakening gasp of the engine.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
In the hours before the final, Pan Wenge’s silver headdress jingles and jangles as she speaks enthusiastically, preparing to cheer on Dongmen village.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
She has that quality here too, a cuteness that jangles, in a perhaps accidental but intriguing kind of way, with the character’s blooming toughness, sharpness, and confidence.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2019
I’ve never listened to heavy rock or stuff that jangles my nerves, because I’m already jangled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2017
“Doing too much can make a family feel like it’s someone else’s home,” says Josh Digrugilliers, 26, the group’s local housing specialist, whose crowded key chain jangles in reminder of all the refugees in need.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2016
He has thick blond hair that stands up almost in knots, wears old suit pants for comfort, and jangles his keys in his pockets with his hands.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
The Aviva jangled with nerves at the interval.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025
He jangled the prop handcuffs he was already wearing.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2023
Asteroid 2023 DZ2 is three times the size of the one that jangled nerves and blew out windows over the Russian industrial city of Chelyabinsk 10 years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Nerves about a global recession were jangled on Tuesday by weak U.S. housing market data and the U.S.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2022
Nok's pocket jangled with the money she'd brought to buy herself dinner.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Trump used a fat black marker pen to sign the deal, with the crockery jangling on the table after the dinner or lobster and caviar, as he put pen to paper.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
He describes the last of these with gentle clarity as “a lot like the jarring, jangling wrongness of the wrongly hit baseball.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
A bad result could set party nerves jangling.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
A jangling set of house keys was once synonymous with American success: the striver’s ultimate prize.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
At the sound of the drumming and singing, these dancers stepped in a counterclockwise circle to commemorate the rotation of the earth, their feet pounding the soft earth, their bells jangling.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
