jar
noun
a broad-mouthed container, usually cylindrical and of glass or earthenware.
has jarred
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present perfectof jar (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"The flip flopping has jarred in an era where... very defined pop star personas are the ones cutting through," argues Cragg.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
At the same time, Apple’s drumbeat to return to the office has jarred some employees, leading to engineering defections.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
When “Banks and the Poor” aired in 1970, Robert Lewis Shayon, writing in Saturday Review, praised it as “low-keyed, clinically methodical and precise” in its balance and concluded, “Mr. Silverstein has jarred banking’s halo.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2016
It means that it has jarred you from complacency.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2016
No wheel has jarred this silence for many a year—not since I bought the land you see and closed the road.
From Through stained glass by Chamberlain, George Agnew
