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jangling

[ UK /d‍ʒˈæŋɡəlɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together
    cowboys with jangling spurs

How To Use jangling In A Sentence

  • My ears were met with the noise of Bam nervously jangling his car keys.
  • Behind that quietness his nerves are jangling, he's in a terrible state.
  • The messenger's purposeful tread down the short avenue followed; then the noisy jangling of the bell. Scottish Voices 1745-1960
  • a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • Instead he handed me a jangling set of keys. Times, Sunday Times
  • In this first episode, nerves are jangling as one woman tries to open a tin with a carving knife and rolling pin. The Sun
  • Instead he handed me a jangling set of keys. Times, Sunday Times
  • Instead he handed me a jangling set of keys. Times, Sunday Times
  • Be still, our jangling nerves. The Sun
  • Hurtling through the air, it seemed, with a sense of fierce speed, the varied clangors of the train, the ringing of the rails, the frequent hoarse blasts of the whistle, the jangling of the metallic fixtures, the jarring of the window-panes, all were keenly differentiated by her exacerbated and sensitive perceptions, and each had its own peculiar irritation. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
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