How to Use blow in a Sentence

blow

1 of 2 verb
  • Most founders blow it right here.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Some of it will blow your mind.
    — Katie Sanders, Time, 22 May 2026
  • Paul finds out and blows his top.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Thank you for the wind that blows.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Like the wind blew her lyrics away.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But that’s not all that blew my mind.
    — Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Up big in the first half, blew the lead, lost.
    — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That could be the break that blows the case wide open.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The third-act twist in this one will blow your mind.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • This year’s team has blown 11 saves.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
  • The bullpen has blown eight leads, which might sound like a lot.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • There have been blown leads of at least two goals in each game.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • And at the end, a line that blew a hole through my chest.
    — Dawn Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The Jags can grind it out or blow you out.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Weaver blew a save one day prior.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • This one blows them out of the water.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Someone just tried to blow him up.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The service will blow your socks off.
    — Emily Adler, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But the grossness still blows me away.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Does a sleeve flutter when the wind blows?
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Melanie could blow at any second.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 8 June 2026
  • Tell them when something blows you away.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Tell them when something blows your mind.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The curling iron that blew a fuse months ago?
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 25 June 2026
  • Feel like a volcano that’s about to blow?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 26 May 2026
  • The wind will blow about 10 knots out of the west.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The air that was almost spring blew my hair back.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Place a fan in a window to blow hair air out.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The types of people who blew them off in high school.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But, the men in pink blew two easy scoring chances.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025

blow

2 of 2 noun
  • As for the late blow to the head?
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But each blow is still worth just one.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
  • But not a layup line of blow-bys.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Sánchez had the big blow with a two-run shot.
    — ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • There is no way to soften the blow.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The final blow came clean and quick.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
  • The blow to the heart is swift and brutal.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Did the jokes cushion the blow?
    — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Each blow echoed against her chest, her stomach.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That was the big blow, but there were others.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But a simple curl isn’t enough to stop a heavy blow.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
  • That’s a major blow; there are no two ways around it.
    — Julia Sullivan, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Pull the ball back like a weapon, ready for the downward blow.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The first blow came three years ago, when her car was totaled.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • His loss was a double blow for Woods.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • How big a blow is this to Russia?
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Losing him would be a huge blow to the Mets.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But Khamenei was by far the biggest blow.
    — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Not having Lawrence to build around is a huge blow.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • The big blow was Happ’s two-run double.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
  • His sudden death must have been a severe blow to her.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Simmons recalls his first day on set came with some blows.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Radios and blow dryers blared from rows of stalls.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That may have helped soften the blow for investors.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The fourth quarter was a wild one, with each team trading blows.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • This month, those hopes took a substantial blow.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But the injury losses dealt a blow.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
  • Drones can detect viruses in whale blow.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Drones can detect viruses in whale blow.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Tagging along was her best friend, the one who had given her the blow.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026

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