How To Use Jangling In A Sentence

  • I think my Grandmother's home in Bombay is an extreme case, where, at some point, my grandmother and aunt got tired of the jangling doorbell and now just prop the door open all day. Archive 2008-01-01
  • Kara shook her head, the silver hoop earrings she wore jangling merrily.
  • Behind that quietness his nerves are jangling, he's in a terrible state.
  • (1Ti 5: 15; 2Ti 4: 4; Heb 12: 13) unto vain jangling "; literally," vain talk, "about the law and genealogies of angels (1Ti 1: 7; Tit 3: 9; Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • She said: 'My nerves were jangling. Times, Sunday Times
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  • The jangling of Ronnie's keys as he powers through the mall's privier and more depressing halls, as we vicariously experience the dismal lows and literal, orgasmic /Film
  • He laughed long and hard, bent over his knees, his armor jangling and clanking as his empty chest heaved.
  • They'd started moving downwards when the sounds of shouting, feet, and equipment jangling drifted up.
  • In this first episode, nerves are jangling as one woman tries to open a tin with a carving knife and rolling pin. The Sun
  • Nor is it right that the broadcaster and phone provider are liable while the producer walks away, pockets jangling. Times, Sunday Times
  • I turned into a total wreck and it got so bad that my nerves began jangling on a Wednesday, three days before a game.
  • All their harp-jangling is to me so much coughing and puffing of phantoms; what have they ever known of the ardour of tones! Quick Review 01 : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
  • Ethan's drumming is less in your face than that of their departed sticksman, allowing crunching, jangling and fuzzy guitars to get a go of the limelight.
  • The result: timeless songs full of jangling guitars and giggling vocals and lyrics about being a lovesick butterfingers in a world of emotional icebergs.
  • We were back to all the trauma and jangling nerves of Old Trafford the night before. The Sun
  • The soft whoosh of the grain drill, the muted jangling of the corn planter, the smell of freshly turned warm earth behind the plow, the warm sun on our backs.
  • With nerves jangling, the Australian again found himself vulnerable at the net as he crashed a backhand volley into the cord to present three set points. Times, Sunday Times
  • The sound of keys jangling caught her attention.
  • When persons, especially ministers, swerve from the great law of charity -- the end of the commandment, they will turn aside to vain jangling; when a man misses his end and scope, it is no wonder that every step he takes is out of the way. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • He kept on jangling the bell.
  • Soon you will notice the sound of keys and coins jangling in your pants pocket as you walk. THWACK!
  • Darren Dyer and Carl Biggins gave Slingsby a comfortable lead at the break although Phil Marwood pulled a goal back to set a few nerves jangling in the second half.
  • When persons, especially ministers, swerve from the great law of charity -- the end of the commandment, they will turn aside to vain jangling; when a man misses his end and scope, it is no wonder that every step he takes is out of the way. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • This may stave off some of the symptoms, but you'll have to face the head-clanging, nerve-jangling fate of the seasoned boozehound sooner or later.
  • It has a harsh ticking call and a short, jangling song. Times, Sunday Times
  • The messenger's purposeful tread down the short avenue followed; then the noisy jangling of the bell. Scottish Voices 1745-1960
  • If it is good old-fashioned, nail-biting, tension gripped, nerve jangling action you are looking for, then tune in to the weekly Championship episode.
  • It's usually at least another hour before anyone nervously pushes open the door, setting the bell jangling.
  • Today the lock could not be happier but his nerves may well be jangling come kick-off. The Sun
  • She sighed in her progress, jangling her keys like a gaoler in a novel by Zola. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
  • He heard the shriek of the gale, the clanking of the flag against its mast, the jangling of the jailers chain and his heavy footfall.
  • The sound of nerves jangling followed swiftly by titters of laughter tinged with relief percolating through the air has become a common occurrence at White Hart Lane in recent weeks.
  • Summer is approaching and nerves are jangling. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was a gut-wrenching climax to yet another nerve-jangling afternoon.
  • Guitars jangling and voices harmonizing, they playfully exchange jabs like two prize fighters sizing each other up, but afraid to commit to the first blow.
  • Their arrhythmic jangling will be the only thing that comforts me. Times, Sunday Times
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  • Instead, it fits the bill as a classic festive thriller capable of jangling the nerves. Times, Sunday Times
  • A zinger is the hair-raising, nerve jangling, eye crossing, insane jolt of electric zappage that can happen to the tender nerve of a tooth when using any kind of tooth whitening process. Wilberteets Diary Entry
  • The players know it is a prerequisite for holding down a regular place which is why nerves were probably jangling on Wednesday, with the occasion and the atmosphere providing so many ready distractions.
  • Some of the acting from lesser characters is poor but the end is nerve jangling. The Sun
  • An eternity seemed to elapse before he had a reply, heard his coin jangling in the bog, recognized the voice of the great doctor's secretary. Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
  • Some of the acting from lesser characters is poor but the end is nerve jangling. The Sun
  • A carnival should be all growls, roars like timberlands stacked, bundled, rolled and crashed, great explosions of lion dust, men ablaze with working anger, pop bottles jangling, horse brasses shivering, engines and elephants in full stampede through rains of sweat while zebras neighed and trembled and like cage trapped in cage. Carnival of the Liberals 88
  • Recorded voice (apparently of Queen Elizabeth) leads to jangling acoustic guitar and uillean pipes. Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
  • And across the Inland Empire, in a multitude of saloons called ‘Mint bars’ and ‘Stockmen's bars,’ silver-dollar-jangling miners and cowpokes speak up loudly in a man's world, while the roads to something-else are still walked by cocky, freewheeling itinerant ranch hands, gandy dancers and bindlestiffs.
  • We are so close now and it means so much for the country... My nerves are jangling already. Times, Sunday Times
  • David was jangling his change so frantically you had to strain to hear what anyone was saying.
  • They are winds that put the mind in tumult, sweeping us along like ships in a gale, and as storms disturb the harmony of nature, passions are discordant and jangling.
  • Their songs have a certain keening shrillness that will leave all but the hardiest nerves frazzled and jangling.
  • So there I was, very very early in the morning, with just this bit of pretty polly in my left carman, jingle-jangling it and wondering: Where's the show?
  • Although the loftiest, sweetest music of the soul is yet unwritten, its faint articulations interblend with the jangling discords of life, as the chimes of distant bells float through the roar of winds and waves, and chant to imperilled hearts the songs of hope and gladness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862
  • A girl sitting in the first row raised her hand eagerly, the bangles looped around her wrist jangling loudly regardless of being concealed inside her student uniform.
  • From the door a light knock came, followed by the sound of the keys jangling as the door was unlocked.
  • Be still, our jangling nerves. The Sun
  • Of course, I had never seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree.
  • But with the visitors frustrating their illustrious opponents and Milan's nerves jangling, the league leaders were awarded a dubious spot-kick four minutes from the end when Empoli goalkeeper Daniele Balli collided with Jon Dahl Tomasson.
  • Hurtling through the air, it seemed, with a sense of fierce speed, the varied clangors of the train, the ringing of the rails, the frequent hoarse blasts of the whistle, the jangling of the metallic fixtures, the jarring of the window-panes, all were keenly differentiated by her exacerbated and sensitive perceptions, and each had its own peculiar irritation. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
  • Be still, our jangling nerves. The Sun
  • Instead he handed me a jangling set of keys. Times, Sunday Times
  • Instead he handed me a jangling set of keys. Times, Sunday Times
  • In this first episode, nerves are jangling as one woman tries to open a tin with a carving knife and rolling pin. The Sun
  • Instead he handed me a jangling set of keys. Times, Sunday Times
  • a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • The messenger's purposeful tread down the short avenue followed; then the noisy jangling of the bell. Scottish Voices 1745-1960
  • Behind that quietness his nerves are jangling, he's in a terrible state.
  • Today, she's dressed head to toe in bubblegum pink, blinding white and jangling gold jewellery.
  • Even though the house lights are up, and the bar manager is jangling his keys impatiently.
  • Summer is approaching and nerves are jangling. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hortense," said I. "No -- Ramsay!" cried Hortense, jangling harder than ever. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade
  • With nerves jangling, the Australian again found himself vulnerable at the net as he crashed a backhand volley into the cord to present three set points. Times, Sunday Times
  • The warden gestured to the right hand door, jangling his keys in an effort to find the correct one.
  • Now some who set up for teachers of the law swerved from the very end of the commandment: they set up for disputers, but their disputes proved vain jangling; they set up for teachers, but they pretended to teach others what they themselves did not understand. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • We were back to all the trauma and jangling nerves of Old Trafford the night before. The Sun
  • A small jiggle would be identified by the coins in his pocket jangling, while a titanic jiggle would set the cube wall, the floor and my desk vibrating wildly.
  • We are so close now and it means so much for the country... My nerves are jangling already. Times, Sunday Times
  • Some owls screech and scream their heads off, setting your teeth on edge and jangling your nerves.
  • My ears were met with the noise of Bam nervously jangling his car keys.
  • Asaire shook his head, the bells on his hat jangling, although the sound was barely audible over the general din in the kitchens.
  • Instead, it fits the bill as a classic festive thriller capable of jangling the nerves. Times, Sunday Times
  • Vain jangling" (1Ti 1: 6, 7) of would-be "teachers of the law." godly edifying -- The oldest manuscripts read, "the dispensation of God," the Gospel dispensation of God towards man (1Co 9: 17), "which is (has its element) in faith. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • I have to listen the familiar jangling of the loose alter he sll the time carried.
  • Kathryn have me one of her very popular side hugs and said thanks for lunch before skipping out the door, keys jangling in her hand at her side.
  • So might this hypnotic, janglingly joyous painting, which at once distances itself from the astringent purism of New York's anti-nature abstractionists and predicts the way ahead, be a case of the pupil prophesying the master?
  • So, to a screech of whistles the band plunge into a set full of jangling guitars and thrashing drums.
  • Behind that quietness his nerves are jangling, he's in a terrible state.
  • She said: 'My nerves were jangling. Times, Sunday Times
  • He set off, nerves jangling, forcing himself to walk at the right speed. THE LAST TEMPTATION

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