Ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a flaring skirt.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : the flare of a skirt.    From Dictionary.com. 

Big picture of Robin flaring the black wings growing from his arms and shins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robin the Half-Bat Superhero] Reference

If you notice fish turning away or flaring from a lure, chances are it's too bright and/or too large.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field and Stream Guide: 50 Ways to Catch Spring Trout] Reference

He recalled the flaring rivalry that had ended in his defeat, the competition of gifts and treats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Britling Sees It Through] Reference

That's one of a million hotspots we have seen kind of flaring up and then dying down over the course of the morning here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 8, 2006] Reference

If that's the case, then you describe is called "flaring," and it's a sign of an internal transmission problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask MetaFilter] Reference

'flaring' of natural gas which is not used in petroleum operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Labour Press Office - Press Release Summaries] Reference

"flaring" of gas from its underground coal gasification (UCG) pilot project at its Majuba power station in Mpumalanga.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

They saw men with flaring oil torches hurrying here and there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West] Reference

"Roy Anderson!" cried Mollie, her French temper flaring forth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference

The only thing that makes it easier is Jewel's nostril-flaring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Una LaMarche: Emmys: The Live Blog] Reference

My five-year-old Coleman grill started flaring up wildly a few weeks ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independence Day without the usual “flare” or fare] Reference

With a sudden flaring up of strength he took quiet mastery of the situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference

      She took one look back as she left, sirens blaring, trunks flaring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water for Old Bet] Reference

A cameraman yelled back, "this is history, lady," and the flashbulbs kept flaring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bobby's Last, Longest Day] Reference

The bell clanged, and the powerful machine puffed out on its flaring way through the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference

 I did not understand she was burning that potential at an unsustainable rate, flaring out.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Be A Child (Part III of III)] Reference

The paper had been thrown down in such a way that Frank could plainly see the flaring headlines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference

     The Argyle Scot glared at me, his nostrils flaring — rather unattractively, I might add.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bite-Sized Piece] Reference

With the light of the improvised torch flaring about them they saw what manner of place they were in.    From Wordnik.com.  [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference

This thundering mass of rust cut a wide arc with heavy river sand flaring from beneath the rear tires.    From Wordnik.com.  [Above the River's Edge] Reference

They had seen, as they made the last turn under the bluff, the lights flaring at the Garyville station.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference

"Is it you, dearie?" she asked, rather unnecessarily, surveying her critically by the light of a flaring tallow candle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference

At first she had been moving straight, but now she was dodging and twisting, her side-jets flaring at irregular intervals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold in the Sky] Reference

I'm not a big fan of CVTs -- I hate their flaring and slow acceleration -- but this CVT is simply the best I've driven. "".    From Wordnik.com.  [From the logbook: Nissan Maxima] Reference

A state known for gently rolling grasslands, rich black soils and cowboy bonhomie is increasingly noted for flaring tempers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Bitter Harvest] Reference

Behind a cement wall across the street, where a half-dozen reporters and some locals observed the firing, tempers were flaring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter From Tetovo] Reference

Injuries: QVC and Tristar have received five reports of the grill igniting or flaring up, including two reports of minor burns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't get burned by these recalled countertop appliances] Reference

This is a type of medication called a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), and he takes it daily to keep his heartburn from flaring up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Could heartburn drugs cause "rebound" symptoms?] Reference

The scientists also calculated that 800,000 barrels of the 4.9 million barrels were dispensed with by siphoning and flaring by BP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spill Uncorked 4.9 Million Barrels] Reference

With its 25-year-old civil war flaring up again, mines continue to be laid in the country, adding to its 32,000 land-mine amputees.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Not A Pretty Picture] Reference

It would be hard to see a horse there, unless he got high enough to be silhouetted against that line of fire now flaring to the sky.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference

They left the doors open, the candles flaring, and nobody to guard but the toothless old hound who slept and snored on the chip pile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference

A blue geyser seen flaring from the surface is an eruption of the volcano Ra Patera, inactive when Voyager probes passed by 17 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jupiter Steals The Show] Reference

Joe Geller, the Democratic chairman of Miami-Dade, had the bad timing to arrive on the 19th floor at 10 a.m., just as tempers were flaring.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Of The Weary] Reference