blare
verb (used without object)
to emit a loud, raucous sound.
blaring
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present participleof blare.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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I hadn’t heard them outside of the hits — blame my father, who insisted on blaring Bob Dylan — but it was one of those experiences you wish you could live through on repeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
This was the blaring red alarm bell—an extremely common, extremely human failing.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Paris, Paris" chanted supporters, many of them young, as they filtered through security checkpoints and tried to get spots near a stage where the players would appear, songs like "We Are the Champions" blaring.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
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
There was no hotel suite reserved for the wait; there were no trays of canapés laid out, no television blaring from any corner.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
