How to Use blare in a Sentence

blare

1 of 2 verb

• Rock music blared through the store from the loudspeakers.
• Loudspeakers blared rock music through the store.
• Allen would see him out on the porch, blare a horn and wave.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
• The question hung in the air like the smell of fried food and blaring sirens in the distance.
  — Brenna Dixon, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
• But the sounds of gunfire could be heard as the fire alarms blared in the background.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 June 2023
• But as the stage lights came on and the music blared, there were no singers in sight.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• As 2 Live Crew blared from the speakers, the teenage Rodgers couldn’t help but dance.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• In the distance, a cruise ship blares the Love Boat theme on its horn.
  — Hazlitt, 31 May 2023
• And the sirens here still blare daily, even if the last shell fell more than two weeks ago.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
• And from the darkness of the Cuyahoga River beyond, a freighter blares its horn.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• The sound system blares hits of the 1980s, from the resplendent (Tina Turner) to the abysmal (Tom Petty).
  — Jenn Shapland, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• Before the night was over, sirens blared as fistfights broke out.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Mix in the perfume of cooked meat and music blared at club volume.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Alarms blare in the background and cries of people in great distress ring in the background.
  — Time, 25 Dec. 2020
• Michael Jackson's songs still blare from radios around the world.
  — Brandon Griggs, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
• Right from the get go, the brass blares cacophonously while shrieking winds fly up and down.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• Alarms blare in the background along with cries of people in distress.
  — chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2020
• Many were braced for more strikes, with air raid sirens continuing to blare through much of the day.
  — Michael Schwirtz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• On commercial breaks, hip-hop blared through the speakers and drinks flowed freely.
  — Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024
• Ali and his comrades burst through the curtain as Turkmen music blared on the stereo.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• An onslaught of spring rain, which delayed the start of the race, and the chorus of blaring yacht horns that signaled its end.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
• Rocket sirens also blared in the southern city of Beersheba and in the coastal city of Ashkelon.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• The Colts' linebacker waved his arms in the air as his name blared over the loudspeaker, running out to the 50-yard line to raucous cheers.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
• This siren will make a loud blaring sound while also flashing a bright strobe light.
  — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
• Neighbors were screaming, and the state’s earthquake alerts were blaring on phones.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 2 July 2023
• Still, horns would blare, and some geniuses would swerve at me slightly.
  — Nick Offerman, Outside Online, 21 July 2022
• Ray says the group would prank Warhol by dangling a blaring radio on a rope outside the artist’s window.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• The loudspeaker of a deputy's SUV blared orders for reporters to disperse.
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• The slickly programmed modern drums nod to the latest afro-house, but the guitar and horns blare with the force of tradition.
  — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2021
• So when your phone blares at the same time as everyone else’s tomorrow, just stay calm.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023

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blare

2 of 2 noun

• The streets are silent, except for the blare of sirens.
  — Kate Sidley, The New Yorker, 22 May 2020
• What if the Purgers just won't stop when the end-of-Purge sirens blare?
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022
• Let the wine flow, let the trumpets blare — clothing and the clock be damned.
  — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• The two children perked up as the blare of the police sirens drew near.
  — Joshua Gunter, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2020
• Amid the blare of the general alarm, the fire raced across the Santa Maria.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
• The blare of horns keeps you on edge as traffic backs up.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 5 July 2022
• The blare of Puccini, in the background, is cut off on the brink of the final chord.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
• The alarms in his Cincinnati-area home blare for the brood of six kids at 6 a.m. on weekdays.
  — Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• The blare of the horns and the beat of the drums filled the streets. Freshly brewed coffee wafted out of Fifth Street Dick's cafe.
  — Angel Jennings, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
• Let the 27-year-old rapper flex for a few verses while the bass blares in the background.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2019
• Below them, by the water, paramedics gather on the dock, and sirens blare.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
• Guests who need a bigger break from the blare can unplug in quiet rooms.
  — Michelle Maltais, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
• The girl in the middle clutches her hand over her mouth as gun shots blare near Douglas High.
  — Yelena Dzhanova, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2018
• The rumble of trains pulling in and out of Union Station on the tracks above creates a steady din, and the blare of horns and sirens pierces all hours of the day.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
• The plaza is a refreshing break from the blare of city life, and it's meant to be enjoyed at a leisurely pace.
  — Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2021
• There is constant motion and drilling as the loud music blares.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 June 2017
• Our heroes hang at the mall, ham radios are deployed, and Jim Croce blares.
  — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 1 July 2019
• The honks come as single horn pumps, multi-toots, and long, sustained blares.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 7 June 2018
• An emergency siren blares within the studio as the storm races by.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
• Brevity was fine, but the primitivist blare and blur of punk were by no means what the Strokes were after.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
• Then, with the blare of an air horn, the section was off in a mass of multi-colored T-shirts, tank tops and costumes.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• Sparks fly, smiles abound and music blares from some of the biggest names in electronic dance.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 June 2018
• The relentless blare of truckers’ horns has gone silent.
  — Rob Gillies, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2022
• The word alone — puberty — conjures the need to stockpile zit cream and blare grunge music.
  — Washington Post, 25 July 2019
• Music blares from speakers, robot golf bags prowl the wider aisles.
  — Tom Chiarella, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2017
• No loudspeaker blares, and that feat, in a book like this and times like these, feels remarkable.
  — The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2019
• The blare of horns at all hours has disturbed Frankhauser and her three children ever since.
  — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
• The sun, just peeking over a distant urban horizon at the lower right, is a blare of pure white light.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2019
• The familiar blare of car horn filled the air in many parts of Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, though not for the usual reasons.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
• And again, and again, 13 times over the next 10 minutes, punctuating the auditorium with a blare that forced the speakers to repeatedly halt their presentations or comments.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 14 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024