BLARE in a Sentence

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For BLARE, below is one of 15 sentences:
When he stood for a solo, he gyrated and played with a blaring tone, more like hard-core rock and roll than jazz or swing.

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 Meanings and Examples of BLARE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
blare
 n.  loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light
Classic Sentence:
1  Cries of men and blare of trumpets rise up.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
2  And now the trumpets blare; the watchword for war passes along.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
3  Tears fall fast upon earth and armour; cries of men and blare of trumpets roll skyward.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
4  There was a blare of heated rage mingled with a certain expression of intentness on all faces.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  A bugle blared and a bass voice shouted the command to break ranks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  The pompous popular tune brayed and blared.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
7  The distance was splintering and blaring with the noise of fighting.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
8  The air was always occupied by a blaring.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
Example Sentence:
1  Then there was a louder blare from the organ, and everyone in the church stood up and faced backward.
2  Music blared out from the open window.
3  The fire engines were just pulling up, sirens blaring.
4  Music was blaring out from somewhere.
5  The radio was blaring out music.
6  The radio was blaring rock music.
7  When he stood for a solo, he gyrated and played with a blaring tone, more like hard-core rock and roll than jazz or swing.