blared; blaring
: to sound loud and strident
radios blaring
1
: to sound or utter raucously
sat blaring the car horn
2
: to proclaim flamboyantly
headlines blared his defeat
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Examples of blare in a Sentence
Verb
Rock music blared through the store from the loudspeakers.
Loudspeakers blared rock music through the store.
Noun
the blare of electric guitars
the blare of horns arising from the long line of cars behind him did nothing to help the motorist get his car started again
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Local resident Marie Bigbee heard her windows breaking just before a tornado siren blared.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
There is a blare of trumpets, and the murmur of more than five thousand people hushes sharply.
—Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Verb
Popular pop and country songs blaring over the sound system were punctuated by an Italian opera aria, and finally the warm-up speakers, all local politicians, made their dutiful speeches.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Local resident Marie Bigbee heard her windows breaking just before a tornado siren blared.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
There are the atmospheric noises, like the blare of a taxi horn on New York City’s streets or the gentle crash of the Pacific on Tahiti’s shores, that first flood our senses.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
There is a blare of trumpets, and the murmur of more than five thousand people hushes sharply.
—Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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“Blare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blare. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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blare
1 of 2 verb
ˈbla(ə)r 
ˈble(ə)r
blared; blaring
1
: to sound loud and harsh
2
: to sound or say in a harsh noisy manner
loudspeakers blaring advertisements
blare
2 of 2 noun
: a loud disagreeable noise
the blare of trumpets
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