- present participle of jar.
jarring
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Doing that in one fell swoop might feel jarring to you.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was all the more jarring because elsewhere Nordqvist had unmistakably fostered that famed European spirit which so often permeates through Solheim and Ryder Cup successes.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Phil made such an effort to be everyone’s best friend. It’s jarring to have someone perform the role the opposite way,” said Chris Plante, host of the videogame fan podcast “Post Games.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
This shift in focus was jarring for the Post, which had previously published a diversity of viewpoints in its opinion pages while maintaining a largely liberal editorial orientation.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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