: having a harshly concussive, disagreeable, or discordant effect
a jarring tackle
It is not hard to imagine how the wounded will fare in a long jarring ride over rough roads …—
William Baxter
William BaxterAfter watching the British reports, I found the American ones jarring.—Michael Massing
Michael MassingThere is not a single jarring note from the minute you enter this turn-of-the-century palazzo, lovingly restored to its glory days …—Kati Marton
Kati Marton
jarringly
adverb
jarringly harsh language
a jarringly hard hit
… an aroma that I found jarringly distracting …
—Randal Caparoso
Randal Caparoso
The book is his angry, raunchy, opinionated, sometimes moving, jarringly frank autobiography …
—Brad Darrach
Brad Darrach
Examples of jarring in a Sentence
the jarring news that major financial institutions were on the verge of collapse
the final chord of that song is too jarring for me
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The cognitive dissonance was jarring—I was being gaslit by my device.
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On Wednesday, Bobby Stuckey got a message that was jarring and succinct.
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Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2025
At the very least, Angry Birds 2 is sometimes jarring, and that’s not nothing in a land of vanilla crowd pleasers.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The cognitive dissonance was jarring—I was being gaslit by my device.
—Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
On Wednesday, Bobby Stuckey got a message that was jarring and succinct.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jarring
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“Jarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jarring. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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