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
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
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
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
It’s the useful kind of confusion, though: the kind that jangles but does not preach — and the kind our theater needs more of.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2022
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
The bell above the clinic door jangles and Mom looks up from the pages.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
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
But if the headlines stemming from the annual report of the Social Security trustees jangled you, take a deep breath.
From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2023
It jangled the morning and summoned us to school.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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
Ekitike's goal - Liverpool's second, neatly driven under Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford - eventually settled a derby where nerves were jangling in the closing minutes, as David Moyes' improving Toffees posed a real threat.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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
He and his company went on, their weapons clinking, chain-mail jangling, solemn and ominous as drums.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
