janglingly

The cell-door was torn open janglingly; the light from the corridor stabbed into his eyes.

Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

Each is equally simple and equally janglingly heavily rhymed.

Suffragist Poetry « Gender Across Borders 2009

But that's because Hillary won the debate by a mile and a half and it's very important for the media to highlight anything that can be used to keep alive the impression that the race is nerve-janglingly close ... hence the discussion on Clinton's admittedly poor response on drivers 'licenses.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2007

After each reminiscence they both laughed inordinately, their overwrought nerves responding as acutely and janglingly to mirth as to depression.

The Beautiful and Damned 2003

He attacked in a humming overhead stroke that crashed down janglingly on Gerrard's sword.

Mercadian Masques Lebaron, Francis 1999

Now he really felt the sisterly scent of Arlova; his body under the woolen blanket was covered with sweat … The cell-door was torn open janglingly; the light from the corridor stabbed into his eyes.

Darkness At Noon Koestler, Arthur, 1905- 1940

After each reminiscence they both laughed inordinately, their overwrought nerves responding as acutely and janglingly to mirth as to depression.

The Beautiful and Damned 1918

Vanno pulled the old-fashioned bell of the front door, and heard it ring janglingly with that peculiar plaintiveness which bells have in empty houses.

The Guests Of Hercules M. Leone Bracker 1901

Somewhat perversely, Kubrick laces “The Shining” with a solid streak of satire that is nerve janglingly effective when played off against the standard “horror film” content of the film’s surface plot and this more subtle (and hence more deeply frightening) subtext.

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