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.
Origin of blare
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How to use blare in a sentence
Abdul Wahab Hossein, leader of the Al Wafa opposition group, blares over the loudspeakers.
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Music by Britney Spears and Kanye West blares throughout her hour-and-a-half- to two-hour workouts.
It blares out a political truth of timeless validity in words that are by no means politic.
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; | Herbert George WellsThe trumpet blares, and a victim of the heretical creed is led into the amphitheatre to encounter the lions.
Old Continental Towns | Walter M. Gallichan
Somewhere forward a bugle blares; somewhere rearward a bell jangles.
Europe Revised | Irvin S. CobbWe listen to the slave whispering in the ear while the triumph blares.
Essays in Rebellion | Henry W. NevinsonIn vain did the melogious music blare out its loudest blares, it brought no bam to my sperit.
Samantha at Coney Island | Marietta Holley
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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