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jangly

adjective

Definition of jangly

as in strident

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Recent Examples of jangly In late April, a group of women with jangly earrings and effervescent energy sat in a beer garden in San Antonio with plastic cups of red wine in front of them. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 20 May 2026 With the pounding drops of big-room house and the jangly swing of country, people started calling Bunt. — Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 The Bone Temple is part satisfying triumph, part missed opportunity, and its pluses and minuses bump against one another in jangly discord. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026 Even as the gnarled guitar of their early EPs gave way to the jangly jaunts of 2022’s Stumpwork, the band could feel secure in the knowledge that any song featuring Shaw on vocals will sound like a Dry Cleaning song and nothing but. — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026 The boogie-woogie vibe instilled by Federici’s jangly piano pegs it as a pool hall hit rather than the headphones-listening and ponderous nature of the original. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 They were inspired by the protean roots of samba, the silky vibe of the bossa nova, and the jangly wave of Brazilian pop-rock known as jovem guarda. — Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 10 Sep. 2024

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Third, the family might have a strident belief that AI will aid their individual and collective challenges, serve each member, and yet also aid the family unit as a whole.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Over the past 10 years, the misogyny of the manosphere has become more open and strident, but the big innovation seems to have been combining that conspiratorial misogyny with earnest self-help advice.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of strident

Adjective

That trademark indecision of summer takes root in her words and spreads through the music until her vocals diverge in the chorus, peeling like a clementine’s skin as one shrill line scales upward and the other remains monotone.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
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

Definition of shrill

Adjective

The first walk-off home run of Clemens’ career set off a raucous celebration in the clubhouse, as the Twins went from having no pulse to running a marathon, delivering an unbelievable 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Target Field.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Apple employees were banned after a raucous night of celebrations, but were welcomed back decades later when Marc & Rose Hospitality purchased the hotel in 2011.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026

Definition of raucous

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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

Definition of jangling

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Without fail, the refreshing formula leaves my pores squeaky clean sans the need for a second cleanse.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?

— Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026

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