: having a harshly concussive, disagreeable, or discordant effect
a jarring tackle
It is not hard to imagine how the wounded will fare in a long jarring ride over rough roads …—
William Baxter
William BaxterAfter watching the British reports, I found the American ones jarring.—Michael Massing
Michael MassingThere is not a single jarring note from the minute you enter this turn-of-the-century palazzo, lovingly restored to its glory days …—Kati Marton
Kati Marton
jarringly
adverb
jarringly harsh language
a jarringly hard hit
… an aroma that I found jarringly distracting …
—Randal Caparoso
Randal Caparoso
The book is his angry, raunchy, opinionated, sometimes moving, jarringly frank autobiography …
—Brad Darrach
Brad Darrach
Examples of jarring in a Sentence
the jarring news that major financial institutions were on the verge of collapse
the final chord of that song is too jarring for me
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In its early days, it was reviled by some critics as a jarring intrusion on the genteel Georgian symmetry of the square.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 June 2025
However, this is still a major feat for Adolescence, which had no major star power attached to its jarring story about a 13-year-old boy (played by breakout Owen Cooper) accused of stabbing a female classmate to death after being drawn into the online manosphere.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 May 2025
And there was a sense of the uncanny valley effect at times: Some scenes were shot-for-shot plucked from the game, which made other changes more jarring.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Still to this day, seeing a sea of red robes walking in twos is jarring.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
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Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 June 2025
However, this is still a major feat for Adolescence, which had no major star power attached to its jarring story about a 13-year-old boy (played by breakout Owen Cooper) accused of stabbing a female classmate to death after being drawn into the online manosphere.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 May 2025
And there was a sense of the uncanny valley effect at times: Some scenes were shot-for-shot plucked from the game, which made other changes more jarring.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Still to this day, seeing a sea of red robes walking in twos is jarring.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for jarring
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“Jarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jarring. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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