jar
noun
a broad-mouthed container, usually cylindrical and of glass or earthenware.
have been jarring
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present perfect progressiveof jar.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Longtime resident Mike Cimino said the killings have been jarring, but they haven’t changed how he feels about Fort Calhoun.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The dispatches have been jarring for their colleagues to read, realizing that the two are experiencing what they’re describing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2022
In the six months before Garland died, her appearance shifted away from the recognizable Judy Garland guise, which Woodhead believed might have been jarring to the viewer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2019
I think that, that second part may have been jarring to people and so, now, she’ll say something along the lines of, “Sure, I can laugh,” and then laugh.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2018
Hawthorne, as is well known, did not take interest in the antislavery movement, and a heated discussion of any subject must have been jarring and unpleasant to him.
From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Stearns, Frank Preston
