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  • verb Present participle of jangle.

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Examples

  • A painful memory, injected with some still-rueful mirth recently, as I reread the Larry's memoir and beheld the dues he had paid and the jangled trip he had taken to find a suitably meaningful professional niche.

    David Murray: Working, in Chicago: An Emotional Guide for New Graduates David Murray 2011

  • Logan staggered up, jangled by the blast, and grabbed his hammer in numb fingers.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • It's part of the curiosity of contemporary Japan that it presents you with some of the most jangled and mishmashed, unattractive urban landscapes in the world and yet, in many places, every little shop and cafe you enter will be immaculate and exquisite, whether it plays only Beatles records or Mozart.

    Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top Pico Iyer 2010

  • A painful memory, injected with some still-rueful mirth recently, as I reread the Larry's memoir and beheld the dues he had paid and the jangled trip he had taken to find a suitably meaningful professional niche.

    David Murray: Working, in Chicago: An Emotional Guide for New Graduates David Murray 2011

  • A painful memory, injected with some still-rueful mirth recently, as I reread the Larry's memoir and beheld the dues he had paid and the jangled trip he had taken to find a suitably meaningful professional niche.

    David Murray: Working, in Chicago: An Emotional Guide for New Graduates David Murray 2011

  • She nervously looked around, trying to soothe her jangled nerves by taking in the trendy, understated décor.

    I.O.U. Elle 2011

  • Her carving belt jangled, her axes and mallets hung in hand, and her dire wolf jogged beside her.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • No one seemed to embody the jangled nerves more than Magic Johnson.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Logan staggered up, jangled by the blast, and grabbed his hammer in numb fingers.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • A painful memory, injected with some still-rueful mirth recently, as I reread the Larry's memoir and beheld the dues he had paid and the jangled trip he had taken to find a suitably meaningful professional niche.

    David Murray: Working, in Chicago: An Emotional Guide for New Graduates David Murray 2011

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