jar
noun
a broad-mouthed container, usually cylindrical and of glass or earthenware.
are jarring
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present progressiveof jar.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There are jarring compromises in the production, unquestionably, yet it will rate as one of the most unusual ever brought before the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Some posts are jarring, describing harrowing scenes from within Ukraine, alongside an upbeat write-up about what their family is like.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022
More powerful are jarring first-person anecdotes of Frédéric Fekkai cutting her hair and Sergey Brin, the Google founder, showing up at dinner with his then-fiancé, Anne Wojcicki.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
A desire to support these links led to a number of events which, with hindsight, are jarring.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2021
Men are sparring, Powers are jarring, Upward, downward, Hither, thither, See how strange the nations go, Just like puppets in a show.
From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.
