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
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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Flora Bigham, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026 Just outside the main entrance of Spectrum Center, as a saxophone blared and drums rumbled and fans hummed past each other with life, there stood Bradley Davis. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026 For 140 years, the blare of the train horns has been a familiar part of life for Treasure Valley residents. —Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blare
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Verb
Amid that strike and hundreds of similar overnight Russian aerial attacks, new and traditional Ukrainian music has become for many a sort-of counterpoint to the sirens that blare around the country nearly every night, several musicians who work in Ukraine told ABC News. —Flora Bigham, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026 Just outside the main entrance of Spectrum Center, as a saxophone blared and drums rumbled and fans hummed past each other with life, there stood Bradley Davis. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
Meetings punctuated by the blare of incoming missile alerts. —Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026 For 140 years, the blare of the train horns has been a familiar part of life for Treasure Valley residents. —Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blare
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“Blare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/blare. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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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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