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jangling

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verb

present participle of jangle

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Recent Examples of jangling
Adjective
The jangling bleeps and bloops of the arcade game, meanwhile, come to form a score of sorts, a sonic diversion from the real world closing in on Cristian. Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026 Modesty might actually seem attractive, after the nerve-jangling, always-on-tenterhooks Trump years. Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jangling
Adjective
  • There were gut strings, then metallic strings.
    Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Shoppers also appreciate the selection of more than 20 color options, including classic brown, metallic silver, and a sassy leopard print.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • School rules now insignificant—even to Walsh, who stands hands in his pockets, jingling his keys.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The live action How the Grinch Stole Christmas led the way, jingling all the way to 669M minutes viewed.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Benito finds community with the like-minded Pleneros de la Cresta, who have been playing the island’s pattering folk music for over a decade.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Removing strident nationalism, plus stable EU relations, a contrast with Orban’s tenure, will assist the nation’s economy.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Drayton Farley’s latest record may throw some of his most strident fans for a loop.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The marbled, frescoed, octagonal room was domed to amplify the sound of a tinkling keys at the center, and hosted regular recitals.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The Drawing Room is best for afternoon teas accompanied by a tinkling piano.
    Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Leo arrived to a raucous welcome in Bamenda, where blasting music from loudspeakers gave the event a concert-like vibe.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The Hornets won one of the biggest home games in franchise history Tuesday night, edging Miami, 127-126, in a raucous, controversial overtime contest played in front of their 16th straight sellout crowd in Charlotte.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The clashing worldviews of secularism and Christianity are not simply competing outlooks — as though one were merely better than the other.
    James O. Cunningham, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • On his first album for his own Plastic & Sounds label, the Japanese producer sounds pricklier than ever, lacing hypnotic house and techno with microtonal dissonance and clashing textures.
    Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Jangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jangling. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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