flared

verb

past tense of flare
as in burned
to shine with a bright harsh light floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison

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Recent Examples of flared Tensions flared at the council meeting as members opened public comment, allowing people from both sides to speak. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Unrack the bar, bend your elbows, and lower it slowly toward your lower chest, keeping your elbows close to your sides rather than flared outward. — Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 19 Aug. 2026 Firing the last Buss family member Last week, the family drama flared up again. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The prosecutor said Trevon Lane was in Las Vegas when the dispute flared again at the MGM. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026 The archival skirt flared into textured layers, sewn to create a waterfall effect down Sink’s legs. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 15 Aug. 2026 In fact, crude prices have declined since spiking last month when the ceasefire ended and fighting flared up again. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 In Oregon, a man was operating a bulldozer to improve access to the Wrights Spring Fire when the blaze unexpectedly flared, killing him. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 Xavier’s anger with his father flared further when Gene was, in Xavier’s view, insufficiently supportive of attempts to reunite with his mother and help her. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flared
  1. burned
  2. glowed
  3. glared
  4. flashed
  5. blazed
  6. gleamed
  7. flamed
Verb
  • Since the first attack July 18 in Elektrostal, just east of Moscow, and in the southwestern Tambov region, Wildberries depots burned one after another in massive fires that flooded social media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • In April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Colorado’s appeal for a similar declaration for the Lee and Elk fires, which burned last summer in the northwest corner of the state, and for flooding on the Western Slope.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of burned
Verb
  • As the bartender quieted whatever terrible hair-metal mixtape had been playing over the house PA, and the lights glowed red on the stage, Ryan was trying to create the illusion of a behind-the-curtain, big-stage, rock star entrance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • String lights glowed overhead as the San Gabriel Mountains went dark behind them.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of glowed
Verb
  • Still, as the rockets glared and smoke from pre-match pyrotechnics faded, those seats filled quickly.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026
  • Although Brown was absent from Howe’s lyrics, his specter glared from between the lines, apocalyptic and militant.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Definition of glared
Verb
  • Hancock, who flashed high-level plays last year as a safety, has primarily played as a nickel corner in Leonhard’s new scheme.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Douglas shows his skills and inexperience Rookie wide receiver Caleb Douglas, the third-round pick, flashed some good and bad Friday, which has been his story in training camp.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of flashed
Verb
  • Astonishingly vivid images blazed forth onto the theater’s giant screen.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The trail to understanding fluids as the product of the microscopic world was blazed, ironically, by physicists thinking about some of reality’s biggest scales.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of blazed
Verb
  • Further details can only be gleamed from the photos, but what’s plain to see is that the shoe shares much of the same shape as the LeBron 23.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Definition of gleamed
Verb
  • An infinity-edge pool stretches toward the horizon, while expansive Ipe wood decks, flamed granite terraces, and an outdoor kitchen frame sweeping bay views.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
  • Finish with a cremaet, Valencian coffee flamed with rum infused with lemon and cinnamon.
    — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Definition of flamed

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