jangle

Example Sentences

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Its improbable-seeming transitions — from post-punk jangle to boy-band crooning to hip-hop drum loops — are the source of the track’s infectious vitality.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

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

Every day in third-period AP lit, I feel it as sure as I feel him shaking the whole room with his leg, making the heating unit jangle.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King