blare
to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.
a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.
Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.
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How to use blare in a sentence
A siren’s blare woke me, so loud it sounded like it was inside the room.
Near the end of life, my hospice patient had a ghostly visitor who altered his view of the world | Scott Janssen | January 2, 2021 | Washington PostI crept to the door: the organ broke out overhead with a blare.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYon deep bell tolls no matin—'tis the tocsin's hurried blare!
Suddenly we heard the blare of trumpets; the slow walk burst into a gallop, and then—well, it was wonderful to see!
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Deep red—that was the colour of the Romantic school; the flourishing of trumpets and the blare of brass its note.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
A night of Nature's making when she is tired of noise and blare of color.
Wayside Courtships | Hamlin GarlandThe blare of the thousand trumpets, the acclamations of a vast multitude proclaimed the thing done!
A Heroine of France | Evelyn Everett-Green
British Dictionary definitions for blare
/ (blɛə) /
to sound loudly and harshly
to proclaim loudly and sensationally
a loud and usually harsh or grating noise
Origin of blare
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