Example Sentences

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He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"The bottom line is, it's kind of like utopia," says 62-year-old Terri Emery, speaking against the backdrop of live music blaring from one of the Villages' five squares.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

"With these costs, I'm going to have to ask for more money from customers" for the ride, said Marcel, amid the habitual din of engines and horns blaring in the Kinshasa sunshine.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Thudding drums, an electric guitar that chugs like a tank’s engine turning over and blaring trumpet fanfare announce the onset of football on CBS, Fox and NBC.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

He heard horns blaring to his left; cars were trapped at the light at 5th because of the throngs of people streaming by.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro