- present participle of jar.
jarring
Example Sentences
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The roughly 7 million student-loan borrowers who were enrolled in SAVE, a Biden-era repayment program, will likely experience some of the most jarring changes over the next few months.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Investors cheering chip makers’ booming profits came to a jarring realization: Someone has to pay for that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Heil said he had just visited an exhibit featuring art made by artificial intelligence - an experience which he described as jarring.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Political experts argue that messages that seem contradictory to a candidate’s background, as well as drowning voters with incessant ads, can be jarring and off-putting to the electorate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The thought of him in the midmorning light, with the huntress standing before her, was jarring.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
