jangle
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Over the group's career, their music has been described as new wave, sophisti-pop, jangle pop, indie pop, and post-punk.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
No, there is no séance with the supernatural nor summoning of spirits, just a jangle of regrets.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Its improbable-seeming transitions — from post-punk jangle to boy-band crooning to hip-hop drum loops — are the source of the track’s infectious vitality.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Hearing the jangle of keys, Sabir, a senior from Afghanistan, emerges from the copy room.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
Stepping away to widen the space between Uma and me, I concentrate on the rhythm of the music, the thump of feet, the jangle of silver, and the story the twelve of us are telling.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
The composer Adem Ilhan has written a warm score of creaky horns and foot-stomping jangles to pair with Basden’s 16 original songs, but the film’s actual soundtrack is Charles’ constant chatter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
In the hours before the final, Pan Wenge’s silver headdress jingles and jangles as she speaks enthusiastically, preparing to cheer on Dongmen village.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
She used that period to build the homespun rhythms that created the album’s unique nervous system: the percussive instrumentation includes “collar jangles and thrashing”, “lighter on Wurlitzer” and “water tower”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2020
She has that quality here too, a cuteness that jangles, in a perhaps accidental but intriguing kind of way, with the character’s blooming toughness, sharpness, and confidence.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2019
He drags open big, low drawers; he jangles dozens of key rings.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Pape Matar Sarr's crisp finish increased Spurs' dominance and, even when nerves jangled after Matheus Nunes gave City hope seconds before half-time, Postecoglou's side maintained their progressive approach.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
As dusk fell, some activists put on goggles and helmets, carried makeshift shields, jangled tambourines and beat drums as they prepared for another standoff with law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
He jangled the prop handcuffs he was already wearing.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2023
One of her talents is rock band drummer and she uses her drumsticks to pound out her jangled feelings.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Mrs. Wexler asked over her dark glasses, tilting her head a little, so all her earrings jangled.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
Trump used a fat black marker pen to sign the deal, with the crockery jangling on the table after the dinner or lobster and caviar, as he put pen to paper.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The prospect of Andrew being forced to give evidence would set the Palace nerves jangling.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
He describes the last of these with gentle clarity as “a lot like the jarring, jangling wrongness of the wrongly hit baseball.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
A jangling set of house keys was once synonymous with American success: the striver’s ultimate prize.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
She beckoned him to her side, her many bracelets jangling as she waved him forward.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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