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How to use jangle in a sentence

17 example sentences · verb, noun

Jangle means to cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound. Example: “The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.”

Examples of jangle by meaning

verbTo irritate or jar (something).

  • The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.

verbTo make a rattling metallic sound.

  • I know when we have reached another saint, for then the church bells of the nearest village begin to jangle, and go on doing it every two hours.1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], In the Mountains, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 43

nounA rattling metallic sound; a clang.

  • Somewhere behind, she could hear an answering jangle.1967, Barbara Sleigh, “The Holiday Aunt”, in Jessamy, 1st US edition, Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC...

nounArguing, contention, squabbling.

  • We seem to hear the jar, the jangle, the abuse, the irrelevant argument of an Athenian court-room—Philocleon in the Wasps will not have been the first to find delight in legal battles.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. Orestea. III: Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, pages 222-223

nounA sound typified by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, played in a droning chordal style, characteristic of...

  • If you like ‘jangle guitar’—where the guitar parts are chordal, arpeggiated and rhythmic—listen to players like Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, Peter Buck with R.E.M. (Life’s Rich Pageant) or Johnny Marr with The Smiths (The Queen Is Dead).2008, Rikky Rooksby, Play Great Guitar: Brilliant Ideas for Getting More out of Your Six-string, Oxford, Oxfordshire: The Infinite Ideas...

More sentences with jangle

  • There were no bars on the windows, no jangling keys, no doors to lock or unlock.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 650. From the entry gilded cage
  • The wind-bells jangled musically in the window as the curtain dropped against them.1954, T.A.G. Hungerford, Sowers of the Wind, London: Mayflower-Dell, published 1967, page 236. From the entry wind-bell
  • She does not know whose hands are whose, but feels the swash and jangle of a tickle shoot up her neck.2021, Felicia Kate Solomon, Lucia’s Poltergeist. From the entry swash
  • Machines on thick metal legs with big jangling teeth.1996 July, Bruce Sterling, “Is Phoenix Burning”, in Wired, →ISSN. From the entry goings-on
  • Horses with bells jangling on their bridles, which reminded her of Arthur, were pulling sledgefuls of tourists along the High Street.1993, Jilly Cooper, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, BCA, page 440. From the entry sledgeful
  • The black chanate birds were gathered, fluting their jangled morning songs under the pomegranates and figs as martin walked from the house.2017, Tom Lea, The Wonderful Country. From the entry chanate
  • WISPS of mournful tunes from a cane flute mingled with the plucking, jangling arabesques of the zitherlike qanun, the oud and gentle drums.2009 June 21, Daniel J. Wakin, “Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided”, in New York Times. From the entry qanun
  • Then, no one saw precisely how it happened, whiff-whaff, Lemoine's weapon flew from his hand and struck the wall with a whirr and a jangle.1922, Stanley John Weyman, The Wild Geese, page 87. From the entry whiff-whaff
  • Welsh nerves continued to jangle as Blake let a long ball bounce over his head and only Wayne Hennessey's swift advance from his line prevented Mirko Vucinic sneaking in.2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC. From the entry sneak in
  • You might know him," a note jangles, seemingly mispicked, but it comes again and again, until all ears are hearing it more than the surrounding chord.2005, Keri Hulme, The Bone People: A Novel, page 295. From the entry mispick
  • People clung in dense swaying masses, like clusters of insects, to the platforms and footrails of the battered streetcar trains, groaning and jangling their way through the confusion.1989, George Frost Kennan, The Decision to Intervene, page 11. From the entry footrail
  • She hated the jangling of the hall telephone, the scurrying to answer, the prodding of whichever bell button would summon the tenant asked for by the caller.1921, B. M. Bower, chapter 2, in Sawtooth Ranch, London: Methuen. From the entry bell button

Meaning of jangle

  1. verb To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
  2. verb To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
  3. verb To irritate or jar (something).

Full definition of jangle

Questions about jangle in a sentence

How do you use jangle in a sentence?
Jangle is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.”
What is a short sentence with jangle?
“Somewhere behind, she could hear an answering jangle.”
What does jangle mean?
Jangle means to cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.

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