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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Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Sports radio can be loud and raucous, blaring with bluster and bellowing.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
The album’s wintry electronic sound, full of guitar squalls and synth blares that slash through chasms of negative space, offers the inverse of El-P’s typically bustling style.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In true Miami fashion, Jamaican air horns and house music could be heard blaring in the distance from a neighbor’s background as the speakers discussed their connections to ancestors and death.
—Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Sports radio can be loud and raucous, blaring with bluster and bellowing.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
Tramel conversationally chants as pulsing synths flare and wild guitar blares.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
The album’s wintry electronic sound, full of guitar squalls and synth blares that slash through chasms of negative space, offers the inverse of El-P’s typically bustling style.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Blare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blare. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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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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