jarring
Example Sentences
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The jarring images of the king’s brother astride a steed sparked an immediate reaction in Buckingham Palace.
The insertion of Toby into such a perfect day was so jarring that it took the boy a moment to catch up with himself, to remember who he was, what he’d done.
From Literature
She’s been at this for so long, it’s jarring to realize she only turns 31 in March.
At the training event in Echo Park, organizers said the recent events in Minnesota are jarring and forcing them to reconsider the safety of activists who protest or document immigration raids.
From Los Angeles Times
“I think that was too jarring a shift in the grocery-shopping experience that consumers are accustomed to, and they didn’t buy it, so to speak,” he said.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
