jangly
Example Sentences
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The arrangement seems to track her movements like a camera, beginning with a jangly and optimistic guitar figure and acquiring heaviness and density as it goes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
The soundtrack to the next 12 months will match cutting-edge pop with jangly guitar anthems.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
Or how about this deadpan punchline on the jangly, crush-struck “Shelley”: “I wonder what she wants for dinner/She’s really got me looking inward.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
He sometimes set them against trumpeting reds, yellows and blues, yes, but only to create close, jangly harmonies that linger on the palette like licorice or cardamom.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
Miss Sadie in all her jangly regalia and Sister Redempta with her stark habit.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
