flare

Example Sentences

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Somewhere deep in the limbic system, a synapse fires like a flare, tracing the old circuitry of migration and memory — that annual pull toward the wide-open deserts of the American Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times

Hope flared through his daze, and he opened his eyes, blinking through the gloom.

From Literature

Fans chanted against the owners and held aloft banners as flares filled the air on Sir Matt Busby Way.

From Barron's

Carr glared at Mal, all thin lips and flared nostrils, but before he could say anything, there was a commotion to their left.

From Literature

The curve of her chin and the way her nostrils flared a little as she smiled reminded him of something.

From Literature