jangle

Example Sentences

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He also wrote a poem about bells, bells, and more bells, ringing and clanging and jangling away, from tinkling sleigh bells like those of a troika, to the deep, basso tolling of funeral bells.

From Literature

He tried to calm his nerves, which had been jangled by the unusually strong earthquake.

From Literature

Ekitike's goal - Liverpool's second, neatly driven under Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford - eventually settled a derby where nerves were jangling in the closing minutes, as David Moyes' improving Toffees posed a real threat.

From BBC

A bad result could set party nerves jangling.

From BBC

The “soothing” sound in this video, apparently, is the jangle of chains.

From Salon