jarring
Example Sentences
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A takeover of Scripps would be culturally jarring for the local newsrooms at its stations.
From Los Angeles Times
If you happen to binge the seasons leading up to “Stranger Things” Season 5, this reversion may be jarring.
From Salon
That history is what made this Oval Office meeting — cordial, almost warm — so jarring.
From Salon
But while Walker-Silverman couldn’t have imagined his movie’s jarring real-world parallels, “Rebuilding” is as much a character study as it is a warning about our increasingly fragile planet and the beloved places we call home.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s less jarring than parentheses but a bigger interruption than commas.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
