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.
  • The alert blared, loud and clear.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
  • The car alarm blared once, twice, three times, then quit.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In the distance, a car horn blared.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Where the walls talk and the music blares.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The song’s siren is still blaring.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • Air raid sirens blared through the night as smoke billowed across the city from strikes.
    — ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • Air raid sirens blared through the night as smoke billowed across the city from strikes.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
  • Radios and blow dryers blared from rows of stalls.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Before the night was over, sirens blared as fistfights broke out.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Music blared over a gleaming dance floor.
    — Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Air-raid sirens are blaring across the region.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • And the sirens here still blare daily, even if the last shell fell more than two weeks ago.
    — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Music blaring from a truck bed.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But the sounds of gunfire could be heard as the fire alarms blared in the background.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 June 2023
  • Throughout, the horns blared too loudly.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Kendrick Lamar blared through speakers, and some danced to stay awake or stay warm.
    — Idaho Statesman, 18 Nov. 2025
  • 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 along with cries of people in distress.
    — chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Michael Jackson's songs still blare from radios around the world.
    — Brandon Griggs, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The entire group quickly fled once a car horn blared outside.
    — Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The alarms that went unheard in the past are now blaring across the country.
    — Josiah Bates, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the distance, a cruise ship blares the Love Boat theme on its horn.
    — Hazlitt, 31 May 2023
  • Horns blare, and an angel appears floating above the chaos.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This siren will make a loud blaring sound while also flashing a bright strobe light.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Still, horns would blare, and some geniuses would swerve at me slightly.
    — Nick Offerman, Outside Online, 21 July 2022
  • First, there’s the blaring heavy metal music from the stereo.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Cars and trucks piled into the roundabout, horns blaring.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

blare

2 of 2 noun
  • The two children perked up as the blare of the police sirens drew near.
    — Joshua Gunter, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Let the wine flow, let the trumpets blare — clothing and the clock be damned.
    — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Guests who need a bigger break from the blare can unplug in quiet rooms.
    — Michelle Maltais, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
  • There is constant motion and drilling as the loud music blares.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 June 2017
  • Music blares from speakers, robot golf bags prowl the wider aisles.
    — Tom Chiarella, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2017
  • At random times throughout the night, a bullhorn siren blares.
    — Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Below them, by the water, paramedics gather on the dock, and sirens blare.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
  • What if the Purgers just won't stop when the end-of-Purge sirens blare?
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022
  • 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
  • Some in the rail industry say there’s no substitute for the blare of a train horn.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Sparks fly, smiles abound and music blares from some of the biggest names in electronic dance.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 June 2018
  • No loudspeaker blares, and that feat, in a book like this and times like these, feels remarkable.
    — The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Let the 27-year-old rapper flex for a few verses while the bass blares in the background.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • 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 Puccini, in the background, is cut off on the brink of the final chord.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
  • Air raid sirens blare while players scramble to the stadium, with jets strafing them along the way.
    — Mike Hume, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Our heroes hang at the mall, ham radios are deployed, and Jim Croce blares.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 1 July 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 word alone — puberty — conjures the need to stockpile zit cream and blare grunge music.
    — Washington Post, 25 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trump is shown dancing with the women as music blares and pulling one of them closer to him and then patting her on her rear end.
    — oregonlive.com, 17 July 2019
  • Past the dining room is the garden room, a blare of white woodwork and shutters against light lavender walls and lime green chair seats.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2018
  • 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
  • Each hole has flashing barriers down the sides, and it’s all surrounded by glow-in-dark figures and video screens as music blares.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Unfortunately, this is not the blare of a wound-up Ferrari engine.
    — Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Two gut-wrenching booms and then a blare of sirens out our window alerted us to the Boston Marathon bombings.
    — Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2018

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