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Example sentences for "jarred"

Lexicographically close words:
jarls; jaro; jaroj; jaros; jarrah; jarring; jars; jarvey; jas; jasmine
  1. On the contrary, they accompanied us every foot of the way, keeping up a running fire of allusions to the 'Thing that bites' that jarred upon my nerves and discomposed my temper.

  2. Judson heard the creak and snap of a swing-chair suddenly righted, and the floor dust jarred through the cracks upon him when the mine-owner sprang to his feet.

  3. For a long time after the door had jarred to its shutting behind Hallock, Lidgerwood sat at his desk, idle and abstractedly thoughtful.

  4. The patent calculation of Hugh's course had sickened, and his flippant cynicism had jarred and disconcerted him.

  5. The recurrence of the name jarred and surprised her.

  6. Montanelli was not given to stereotyped politeness, and his tone jarred uncomfortably upon Arthur.

  7. Everything jarred upon her so much that at first she could not even write a letter.

  8. By the way, I heard Konrad jarred his knee--how is he?

  9. The spade jarred upon something hard, and Andrew worked its edge under the object while Whitney seized the rope.

  10. The next moment Madge struck something that jarred noisily on the floor, and she and Elsie stopped with frightened gasps.

  11. The chain cable jarred across the stem, the halyards slapped the mast, and through the shrill scream of wind came in deep undertone the roar of the sea.

  12. It jarred him, but he got up and Andrew struck another match and stooping down picked something out of the water that lay among the timbers.

  13. The sound jarred through Harold with a sensation all the more insufferable because of the revulsion from the satisfied, almost elated, state in which it had seized him.

  14. He was susceptible concerning the true office of deacons in the primitive Church, and his small nervous body was jarred from head to foot by the concussion of an argument to which he saw no answer.

  15. And tonight it jarred on me more than usual, because I was feeling pretty dashed fed with Jeeves.

  16. After that the fight waxed fast and furious, each man giving and receiving blows that landed with a force that jarred and rocked.

  17. He'd yell when I walked near him on the ground, said it jarred him, an' when I tried to move him a little he fainted plumb away.

  18. But I noticed and rejoiced in the absence of that bitterness which had jarred on me so painfully in London.

  19. I was horribly shocked at her defence of these ladies, for it showed a bitter knowledge of some of the world's ways that jarred on the lips of a woman of twenty.

  20. Julie's instinctive repugnance for all that jarred upon her love and the instincts of her heart is one of the fairest qualities of woman, and springs perhaps from a natural virtue which neither laws nor civilization can silence.

  21. Balked of the wishes of her heart, realities jarred harshly upon her girlish dreams of life, but she was obliged to devour her tears.

  22. The slightest sound had grown so intolerable, that any human voice, even the voice of her own child, jarred upon her.

  23. Never during these seven years has a chance look, or word, or gesture jarred in the divine harmony of his talk, his love, his caresses.

  24. There were a dozen things about her which jarred on his nerves, and offended his ideas of good taste.

  25. Once again she wondered how it had come to pass that she had become on intimate terms with this woman, who now jarred upon her at every turn.

  26. It was a painful process: he was forced to kneel on sharp stones and sometimes in water while he held the steel bar, which jarred his hands when his companion struck it.

  27. This was far from heroic, but Andrew laughed; the minor weaknesses of human nature seldom jarred on him.

  28. His manner to the waitresses jarred on Andrew, for he gazed at one who was pretty with insolent admiration, and bullied another who was nervous and plain.

  29. As he walked eastward along the Strand the roar of traffic jarred on his ears and he noticed the streaky grime on the wet buildings; but it was the intent, pallid faces of the passers-by that impressed him most when he approached the city.

  30. One, two, three times, he felt himself jarred to the center, and the blood burst suddenly from his mouth and nose and splashed in a crimson flood.

  31. It'll be all right, I reckon, after I rest a while, but that fall certainly jarred me up.

  32. The false voice in which she said this rather jarred on Dr.

  33. The thunders of his invectives against spiritual wickedness in high places, reached and jarred the proudest throne in Christian Europe.

  34. The balcony from which he “drew” upon all who did not wear the white badge of Romanism, was in the front of the palace where the deep boom of the bell must have jarred him to his feet, pealing from midnight to dawn.

  35. So harshly had our experiences in the church jarred upon the mood in which we had approached it, that we could not, as it were, get back to St. Paul that day.

  36. Her laughter, slight as it was, jarred upon him.

  37. That remark about the bees and sunset jarred a little.

  38. She had a marked faiblesse, strange in one securely born, for those nominally in high places that, while disingenuous enough, jarred painfully always on her brother.

  39. Cecil Brown and Headingly had dropped behind, for the glib comments of the dragoman, and the empty, light-hearted chatter of the tourists jarred upon their sense of solemnity.

  40. Sadie, who had borne up so well, became suddenly hysterical, and her shrieks of senseless laughter jarred horribly upon their nerves.

  41. Could you blame her for bein' jarred when I come bouncin' in with garden truck?

  42. And while all that may listen expensive, I have Vee's word for it that since Madame Battou has been doin' the marketin' the high cost of livin' has been jarred off the roost.

  43. When the two girls were together, Emilia often showed herself so plainly Hope's inferior, that it jarred on Philip's fine perceptions.

  44. High above all other sounds rose the piercing song of the saw, and the short intervals when it was not cutting were filled with a thunderous crash that jarred the whole building.

  45. As his heavy boots thumped on the ladder they jarred the whole cabin.

  46. This was quite too much for his jarred nerves, and with a howl, as if he already felt those white teeth crunching to the bone, the setter turned and fled.

  47. Loud axe-strokes, the crash of falling trees, the hard clank of ox-chains, jarred the solemn stillness.

  48. They jarred him a little in his onward course; they shook him as if with a doubt; the feeling undefined slowly grew to a notion, first obscure, then plain: they were eyes of reproof that were fastened upon his!

  49. His occasional lapses from the traditions of her class jarred on her fine susceptibilities.

  50. She was not in a mood to appreciate Clem Sypher, whose loud voice and Napoleonic manners jarred upon her nerves.

  51. He tried to kiss her, and his chin scratched the soft skin of her cheek, his nose struck hers, her mouth half opened, and her teeth jarred against his lips.

  52. The repetition of the phrase jarred Roland’s conscience.

  53. But the sight of those men in buckskin had jarred me out of the peaceful routine of thought that the quiet weeks had bred.

  54. That rifle business to-night jarred me like the devil.


  55. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jarred" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    electrified; shaken; shocked; shook; staggered; startled