flare
verb (used without object)
to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
was flaring
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past progressiveof flare.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In interviews, patients were also asked if they could list the order that symptoms usually occurred when their disease was flaring.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024
Already, trust in institutions was declining, and rage was flaring up in public life.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
But because her endometriosis was flaring during the final episodes, she began to wonder whether or not she’d ever be able to get pregnant herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2017
Until recently, Grand Junction, Colorado’s Persigo Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is just off I-70 and a stone’s throw from the Colorado River, was flaring off about 100,000 cubic feet of biogas every day.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2015
Not because my bus was running behind schedule, or because my knee was flaring up again, or because of any other reasonable explanation.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
