jangle

Example Sentences

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“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

The jangle of keys, the heavy locks on every door can all make you forget you are in a hospital.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022

Even with 2 inches of rain that softened the course, the front that cleared out the clouds brought enough wind to jangle the nerves at every turn.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Trumpets blare at the voice-cracking top of their register over a cool upright bass line and the incongruous junkyard jangle of toy piano.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022

He blocks out the jangle of keys, the clang of cell doors opening, closing, the words, "Come with us. It is time."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti