jangle
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A grin plays across his face as the unmistakable jangle of Tim McGraw’s “I Like It, I Love It” wafts through the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
“It’s a big space,” he said in an interview, away from the jangle of slot machines and the smoke-laden casino floor.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
The jangle of keys, the heavy locks on every door can all make you forget you are in a hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
Hearing the jangle of keys, Sabir, a senior from Afghanistan, emerges from the copy room.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
At a jangle of coins, I turn to see another creature with me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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
America has gasped en masse watching aliens detonate the White House in the movie “Independence Day” and, at 3 a.m. in Los Angeles, the telephone of its young star, Will Smith, jangles him awake.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
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
The bell above the clinic door jangles as she leaves.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
He jangled the prop handcuffs he was already wearing.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2023
Asteroid 2023 DZ2 is three times the size of the one that jangled nerves and blew out windows over the Russian industrial city of Chelyabinsk 10 years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Hearts' nerves jangled slightly when Shankland was sent off in injury time - the captain given two questionable yellow cards after tangling twice with Rocky Bushiri.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2023
Her nerves are jangled, she loses sleep, her dogs panic and she generally feels unsafe and forgotten, worried that new development in her neighborhood would just bring more traffic, noise and air pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
Her bangles jangled about her wrists as she welcomed us back into class.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
He’s also the guy whose banged-up right throwing shoulder is jangling pregame nerves from Waterville to Woonsocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
After a 3-0 thrashing at Chelsea last week in the Champions League, followed by a shaky win over Alaves to claim pole position in La Liga, nerves were jangling among home fans.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
As you walk past the shops on Sagunto Street, you’d be forgiven for thinking you hear your spurs jangling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024
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 went into the bathroom, her bangles jangling with her every movement, and then she came back, the glass of water in her hand.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
