aglare

American  

[uh-glair] / əˈglɛər /

adjective

1. glaring; blazing.

   The sky was aglare with spotlights.

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Etymology

Origin of aglare

First recorded in 1870–75; a- ¹ + glare ¹

Example Sentences

Alas! for many a moon, That tongueless tower hath cleaved the Sabbath air, Mute as an obelisk of ice aglare     Beneath an Arctic noon.

From War Poetry of the South by Various

Alas! for many a moon, That tongueless tower hath cleaved the Sabbath air, Mute as an obelisk of ice, aglare Beneath an Arctic noon.

From The Poems of Henry Timrod by Timrod, Henry

His eyes were aglare with a terrible rage and hate; he stepped backward a little, bending his right arm, spreading the fingers.

From 'Drag' Harlan by Seltzer, Charles Alden

The noise of this brought him up at once, and he stood aglare.

From The Invisible Man by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

A second car was burning, and the whole place was aglare with yellow light.

From The Puritans by Bates, Arlo