- present participle of jangle.
jangling
Example Sentences
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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
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 bad result could set party nerves jangling.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
And because it’s Area, hardware was plentiful in distressed leather jackets jangling and dripping with silver spikes and chain mail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
He picked up the reins and urged the horses forward, their bridles jangling.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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