GLARE in a Sentence

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For GLARE, below is one of 176 sentences:
The glare from the jeweller's window, deepening the pallour of her face, gave to its delicate lines the sharpness of a tragic mask.

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 Meanings and Examples of GLARE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
glare
 n.  light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
Classic Sentence: (160 in 11 pages)
1  It was a pleasant land of white houses, peaceful plowed fields and sluggish yellow rivers, but a land of contrasts, of brightest sun glare and densest shade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  The red road lay checkered in shade and sun glare beneath the over-arching trees and the many hooves kicked up little red clouds of dust.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  Scarlett knew she should go in and quiet Melanie's fear, knew Melanie must be frightened out of her senses by the thunderous noises that continued unabated and the glare that lighted the sky.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  His black eyes danced as though amused by the whole affair, as though the earth-splitting sounds and the horrid glare were merely things to frighten children.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  A glare brighter than a dozen suns dazzled their eyes, scorching heat seared their skins and the roaring, cracking and crashing beat upon their ears in painful waves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
6  The bright glare of morning sunlight streaming through the trees overhead awakened Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  Little close-set eyes, squinting in the sun glare, calmly surveyed the house from beneath the visor of his tight blue cap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  And then that night we saw the glare of fire over toward Tara and it lasted for hours and it scared our fool darkies so bad they all ran off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  She gave Scarlett a glare as she saw her look longingly at the hack.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  The glare of the unshaded gas shone familiarly on her pock-marked face and the reddish baldness visible through thin strands of straw-coloured hair.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
11  She drew back with a motion of disgust, but her withdrawal was checked by a sudden discovery: under the glare of Mrs. Peniston's chandelier she had recognized the hand-writing of the letter.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
12  She clung to the note bravely, though its futility was now plain to her in the glare of his miserable eyes.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
13  The glare from the jeweller's window, deepening the pallour of her face, gave to its delicate lines the sharpness of a tragic mask.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
14  There was no time now to wonder how he had heard of her obtaining the letters: all her world was dark outside the monstrous glare of his scheme for using them.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
15  That melancholy pleasure-ground was almost deserted when she entered it, and she sank down on an empty bench in the glare of an electric street-lamp.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Dark glasses are an effective shield against the glare.
2  He tried not to let his irritation show as he blinked in the glare of the television lights.
3  The actor's wedding took place in the full glare of publicity/the media.
4  We wore sunglasses to reduce the glare from the road.
5  The walls were whitewashed to reflect the glare of the sun.
6  When the sun was at its zenith, the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.
7  Each spangle on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
8  The sun glared out of the blue sky.
9  He glared at Nikitin but the General Secretary stared him out with hard, pebble-like eyes.
10  He drew himself up to his full height and glared at us.
11  The old gentleman just stood there glaring at the pickpocket and did not say a word.
12  The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed 'Off with her head! Off--'
13  In 2002, almost 1.2 billion human beings lived in glaring poverty, earning less than one dollar a day.
14  The sequel short-changes Angelina Jolie's heroine, of the glaring green contact lenses, black horns on her head and ultra-sharp prosthetic cheekbones.
15  As Bush prepares to formally enter the race for president, there is a glaring disconnect between his ravenous fundraising and support among the Republican elite, and the reception from everyday voters like Doss, 57.