jangle
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Over the group's career, their music has been described as new wave, sophisti-pop, jangle pop, indie pop, and post-punk.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
She recognized that there’s nothing more dramatic than human contradiction, the clash and jangle of self-image and public perception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
“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
I shook the bag at my elbow and heard the jangle of my coins.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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 used that period to build the homespun rhythms that created the album’s unique nervous system: the percussive instrumentation includes “collar jangles and thrashing”, “lighter on Wurlitzer” and “water tower”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2020
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
As Dionysus’s nonbinary energy jangles the wiring of the staid suburbanites, releasing something wild in them, it also unleashes something wild in the play.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
When the clinic bell jangles again, I peek up long enough to see Jason’s mother isn’t holding a guitar.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
The Aviva jangled with nerves at the interval.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025
As dusk fell, some activists put on goggles and helmets, carried makeshift shields, jangled tambourines and beat drums as they prepared for another standoff with law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
He jangled the prop handcuffs he was already wearing.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2023
One of her talents is rock band drummer and she uses her drumsticks to pound out her jangled feelings.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
On the outside she pretended to be calm, even though her insides jangled.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
The prospect of Andrew being forced to give evidence would set the Palace nerves jangling.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 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
After a 3-0 thrashing at Chelsea last week in the Champions League, followed by a shaky win over Alaves to claim pole position in La Liga, nerves were jangling among home fans.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
And because it’s Area, hardware was plentiful in distressed leather jackets jangling and dripping with silver spikes and chain mail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
There were no bars on the windows, no jangling keys, no doors to lock or unlock.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
