glare
/ɡlɛɚ/ verb C2- To stare angrily. · He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
- To shine brightly. · The sun glared down on the desert sand.
- To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
- To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
He/she/it glares · Past glared · Past participle glared · -ing form glaring
Verb forms
- Base form
- glare
- He/she/it
- glares
- Past
- glared
- Past participle
- glared
- -ing form
- glaring
From the library
When they were on, Dorothy could not take them off had she wished, but of course she did not wish to be blinded by the glare of the Emerald City, so she said nothing.
Phillips glared so sternly that Ruby began to cry.
I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes’ triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists.
The man glared round him, staggered, and fell senseless upon the floor.
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