I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a blatant/glaring example (= very obvious and very bad )
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His case is a blatant example of the unfairness of the current systen.
a glaring error (= very bad and very noticeable )
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There is a glaring error on page 10, where his date of death is given as 2053, not 1003.
a glaring omission (= one that is very bad and easily noticed )
blinding flash/light/glare etc
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the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding light
glaring inconsistencies (= very noticeable differences )
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There were several glaring inconsistencies in his report.
the glare of publicity (= a lot of publicity, which can make you feel uncomfortable )
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He carried on his life in the full glare of publicity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
across
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She glared across at him and fought with her burning temper.
angrily
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An ambulanceman glared angrily at him and mouthed something I couldn't understand, although the gesture he made seemed clear enough.
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My own range-extender is to glare angrily at the receiver.
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The servants glared angrily , eager to get the grisly business over and done with.
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The clerk glared angrily at him as he paused in the doorway.
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Throgmorton glared angrily at Benjamin as if he recognised a rival.
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Piper glared angrily at his bulky silhouette.
back
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Annoyed, Robbie glared back at him.
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She spun around on the porch and glared back at the open window.
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The heaving mare glared back at him, too exhausted to move.
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Miguel glared back like a cornered rat, lifting himself up with the stick.
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Cranston glared back at him and waddled over.
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But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her.
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Adam glared back at him and looked away.
down
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The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings.
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Moose and bear prints dotted the sand bars and bald eagles glared down at us from river-side perches.
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He glared down at us threateningly, arms braced against the high wall, weapon plainly visible.
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All over Isfahan are murals of an angry Khomeini glaring down from the clouds.
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Running her tongue across her teeth she glared down at the object of her annoyance.
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The sun glared down on us....
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The sun glared down , dazzling them.
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A lady at their side glared down at them.
most
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Most glaring was the bungled arrest attempt last month of a 21-year-murder suspect in Kyoto.
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He and they are just the most glaring example of what happens when any league pushes style ahead of substance.
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In this case, quickly rewrite for the most glaring problem.
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The most glaring example was the Sandburg Village high-rise development, about twelve blocks north of the Loop.
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To point to only the most glaring contradiction: What kind of literacy would they be eager to advance?
round
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Some lords considered themselves to be above command - and he glared round the company.
up
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The meeting ended with all his parishioners glaring up at him accusingly.
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In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face, wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive.
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The ginger tomcat glared up at her, its tail lashing furiously from side to side.
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They glared up at her, a testimony to her stupidity.
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He hated the set of different faces glaring up at him night after night.
■ NOUN
face
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She stood there with hands on her hips, glaring with a face like thunder.
light
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The Opel was still hovering at the kerbside, lights glaring , waiting to pounce.
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Its radiant white light glares off of the snow around me.
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When the teacher switched on the fluorescent lights , the paints glared , uncomfortably vivid.
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Every light seemed to be glaring from the windows when they arrived.
■ VERB
stand
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Myles stood glaring at him, not offering to help.
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Peggy Soong stood behind him and glared at the woman sitting opposite Quinn.
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There was some one standing behind him, glaring evilly at her.
turn
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Finding nothing, she turned back to glare at him.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
murderous look/expression/glare etc
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She cast a murderous look over his hard male profile.
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She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"You can go if you want, but I'm staying," Denise said glaring at him.
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Claude put down his fork and glared across the table.
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He sat there in silence, glaring angrily.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adam glared back at him and looked away.
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He glared at Newman and then left the room with Carver.
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I added cheerfully, but Lilly glared at me, and we ate our cinnamon toast in silence.
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Miguel glared back like a cornered rat, lifting himself up with the stick.
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No one complained, or even glared at me.
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Peggy Soong stood behind him and glared at the woman sitting opposite Quinn.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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Management in the public sector is a highly political process, operating in the full glare of political debate and public attention.
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And she sympathises with her having to live her life in the full glare of the spotlight.
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On 9 January 1986 Heseltine dramatically walked out of a full Cabinet and resigned in the full glare of televisual attention.
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This uncertainty was reflected in unprecedented levels of argument within the government, conducted in the full glare of public attention.
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With the murder Raskolnikov erupts into the full glare of the actual, and parts company with his predecessor.
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Best's decline was conducted in the full glare of self seeking publicity.
■ VERB
see
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He tittered nervously as he tried to see through the glare of the flames.
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The sun was behind him and she could see the glare that shone on his bald pate.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fix sb with a stare/glare/look etc
murderous look/expression/glare etc
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She cast a murderous look over his hard male profile.
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She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He looked me straight in the eye with a stern glare .
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Polarized sunglasses reduce glare .
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She gave him an icy glare .
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the glare from the skylight
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the glare of the car's headlights
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The heat and glare of the furnace is immense.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her blackface glistened in the glare of the stage lights.
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His eyes looked up at her in a glare of hate.
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Management in the public sector is a highly political process, operating in the full glare of political debate and public attention.
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Mars and Mercury were hidden in the sun's glare and Pluto was too small and distant to appear.
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The glare of sunlight under the edge of the roof hurt his eyes.
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They displayed 14 models under the glare of quartz-halogen floodlights.
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When you look at them, you imagine your eyes aching in the intense glare of the desert in heat.