jangly
Example Sentences
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The arrangement seems to track her movements like a camera, beginning with a jangly and optimistic guitar figure and acquiring heaviness and density as it goes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
Fuzzy, jangly, lightly contemptuous: “Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos” is truly one of the great ’90s rock songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
New York Times: "An ace guitarist with a keen ear for jangly tones, he lends even his most pathetic characters a bit of warm-blooded humanity."
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024
Or how about this deadpan punchline on the jangly, crush-struck “Shelley”: “I wonder what she wants for dinner/She’s really got me looking inward.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
The song started out with a jangly, quiet guitar and a voice that sounded sad but a little hopeful, too.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
