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
Synonyms
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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Walker Mimms, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Kansas City’s annual Juneteenth parade took place Saturday as music blared throughout the route that weaved and stretched from Benton Boulevard and along 18th Street and into the historic Jazz District at The Paseo.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024
Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
These needed to be kept at a distance from exploding pyrotechnics and angled away from the blare of the stadium’s public-address system.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
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Verb
See the weird Cyclops artist drawn by one Ronald Gwinn of South Pasadena, complete with the shaggy easel and blaring lightbulb recognizable in Guston’s own late work.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Kansas City’s annual Juneteenth parade took place Saturday as music blared throughout the route that weaved and stretched from Benton Boulevard and along 18th Street and into the historic Jazz District at The Paseo.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024
Noun
Wear Noise-canceling Headphones $200 $178 The blare of plane engines is one of the most unnerving parts of air travel for me.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
These needed to be kept at a distance from exploding pyrotechnics and angled away from the blare of the stadium’s public-address system.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
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“Blare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blare. Accessed 9 Jun. 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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