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Definition of jarring in English: jarringadjectiveˈdʒɑːrɪŋˈdʒɑrɪŋ 1Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing. the telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings Example sentencesExamples - Jarring images bled into each other the way the realities of unjust political situations always do.
- The juxtaposition makes the variation in quality all the more jarring.
- They basically cut out an entire scene from one episode in a really jarring manner.
- Their subject matter, though, makes for a jarring and unsettling experience.
- Opponents say it would have a jarring effect on the skyline.
- More serious is the way the last half-hour seems to lose pace, then comes to a sudden, jarring halt.
- Apple trees serve as posts for a construction which presents a jarring contrast to the organic forms of the meadow.
- Occasionally, the text makes jarring jumps from one subject to another without smooth transitions.
- Only ears attuned to the metre will hear it, but the shock of recognition is matched by a jarring discord.
- It is a jarring shift from the fluff I post about to an issue of deadly seriousness.
- His outburst blaming the vandals on the estate for frightening his wife to death, was a jarring moment of realism.
- Exhibits are dimmed whilst fantastically big projections of rarely seen war photographs cover the jarring, angular interior walls.
- There are a couple of jarring notes.
- Although there are a couple of jarring transitions, the bulk of the movie unfolds with organic clarity.
- My classmate had such a gift for asking jarring questions out of the blue.
- A very fine soundtrack shifts from a winsome romanticism in the early moments to the jarring untuned piano notes in the latter fraught stages.
- The rather jarring songwriting style is noteworthy more for its ambience than its catchiness.
- The most jarring element of the disc, however, has to be the director's choices.
- We are ready to concede that life is the only jarring note in this otherwise perfect symphony of matter.
- That is a more viable option to pass time than to watch this jarring take on a surge of youthful passion.
2Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration. the van came to a jarring halt Example sentencesExamples - Tacklers are trying to knock the ball loose with jarring hits.
- Again it was an extremely hard and jarring landing, but a successful one.
- He also shook off a clean right hook and a jarring left uppercut in a first round as the Londoner prevented the home favourite from making much of an early impression.
- Every step I took was having a jarring effect on my shoulders.
- He's a big hirer, capable of delivering jarring tackles.
- There's no way it can roll over a flat, smooth road without a sequence of jarring bumps.
- Runners rarely need pure rest on their days off, just a break from the jarring effects of running.
- Often, the birds are simply in shock after such a jarring accident.
- The faces in the end zone are a jumble as the noise envelops him with each jarring stride.
Derivativesadverb Atkinson's portrayal of two fortysomethings, their disappointments and their soured relationship with their mother is teeth - jarringly accurate, but her courage doesn't stop there. Example sentencesExamples - The tone was jarringly dissonant from the sunny message Kerry and Edwards have emphasized on their first few days together on the campaign trail.
- The argument that a single company is better positioned than the market to make efficient use of an idea should strike us as jarringly counterintuitive in a market economy.
- What surprised me most about the books that follow was their desire to bring alternate voices and viewpoints sometimes jarringly into the story.
- Nakata's film (at least until its jarringly sentimental coda) was a slight, unnerving fairytale sustained by an atmosphere of encircling evil.
Definition of jarring in US English: jarringadjectiveˈjäriNGˈdʒɑrɪŋ 1Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing. the telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings Example sentencesExamples - Only ears attuned to the metre will hear it, but the shock of recognition is matched by a jarring discord.
- The most jarring element of the disc, however, has to be the director's choices.
- We are ready to concede that life is the only jarring note in this otherwise perfect symphony of matter.
- A very fine soundtrack shifts from a winsome romanticism in the early moments to the jarring untuned piano notes in the latter fraught stages.
- His outburst blaming the vandals on the estate for frightening his wife to death, was a jarring moment of realism.
- More serious is the way the last half-hour seems to lose pace, then comes to a sudden, jarring halt.
- The rather jarring songwriting style is noteworthy more for its ambience than its catchiness.
- They basically cut out an entire scene from one episode in a really jarring manner.
- Jarring images bled into each other the way the realities of unjust political situations always do.
- Apple trees serve as posts for a construction which presents a jarring contrast to the organic forms of the meadow.
- My classmate had such a gift for asking jarring questions out of the blue.
- The juxtaposition makes the variation in quality all the more jarring.
- Occasionally, the text makes jarring jumps from one subject to another without smooth transitions.
- There are a couple of jarring notes.
- It is a jarring shift from the fluff I post about to an issue of deadly seriousness.
- Although there are a couple of jarring transitions, the bulk of the movie unfolds with organic clarity.
- Opponents say it would have a jarring effect on the skyline.
- Their subject matter, though, makes for a jarring and unsettling experience.
- That is a more viable option to pass time than to watch this jarring take on a surge of youthful passion.
- Exhibits are dimmed whilst fantastically big projections of rarely seen war photographs cover the jarring, angular interior walls.
2Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration. the truck came to a jarring halt Example sentencesExamples - Every step I took was having a jarring effect on my shoulders.
- Runners rarely need pure rest on their days off, just a break from the jarring effects of running.
- Often, the birds are simply in shock after such a jarring accident.
- Again it was an extremely hard and jarring landing, but a successful one.
- He's a big hirer, capable of delivering jarring tackles.
- The faces in the end zone are a jumble as the noise envelops him with each jarring stride.
- There's no way it can roll over a flat, smooth road without a sequence of jarring bumps.
- Tacklers are trying to knock the ball loose with jarring hits.
- He also shook off a clean right hook and a jarring left uppercut in a first round as the Londoner prevented the home favourite from making much of an early impression.
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