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jarring
adjective as in discordant
Example Sentences
In the background, a jarring chorus of voices echoed, “Arrest her, arrest her!”
Seeking a response to a jarring defeat against the All Blacks seven days prior, Ireland's victory against Argentina at the Aviva Stadium on Friday served to answer some questions while presenting a few more.
But in our current political climate – and a life-altering election – there’s something jarring about "Here’s" presentation of a sunnier, happier world in the past.
John Woolley, a professor emeritus of political science and co-director of the American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara, said people’s feelings about this race being particularly jarring are valid.
The disparity between the 2016 polls and the election outcome was a “jarring event” for pollsters, as the American Assn. for Public Opinion Research put it in a postmortem.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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