How to Use blowback in a Sentence

blowback

noun
  • The blowback is just part of it.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The blowback is just part of it.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The blowback is just part of it.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But like all things, that blowback passed.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Smith had to deal with blowback from both peers and strangers.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 14 July 2021
  • Did not expect to get the blowback.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Thus, when the blowback came, the team did not panic.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Chase was asked about whether there was blowback from his comments.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Could some blowback be aimed at Blondie if this event seems too walled-off?
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026
  • And there’s always a little bit of blowback that comes with that.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Democrats got that kind of blowback across the country but ignored it.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The piece prompted vicious blowback, and she was seen as tone deaf.
    — Rachel Donadio, The New York Review of Books, 24 June 2020
  • Hosts have to judge whether diners have complied, and to deal with any blowback.
    — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
  • When the first paparazzi images of the show came out, there was some blowback and changes were made.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026
  • Maui county has got to deal with the blowback on the recovery.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • There is a reason the Big Ten faced so much blowback the last six weeks.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The blowback in customer service jobs has been at times severe.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2021
  • But the good thing has, in fact, put us in the situation that has caused this blowback.
    — Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
  • Cost and public blowback have already held back the road before.
    — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • There also was concern about the blowback that would occur if such an airstrike went awry in any way.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2021
  • Since taxpayers learned about the vote, the blowback has been intense.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 16 July 2025
  • Trump, though, seems unbothered by the blowback to his threat to redraw the world’s maps.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For many journalists, blowback is just part of the business.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
  • But some efforts to distribute pipes have faced blowback.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Those actions have drawn intense blowback from Democrats.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
  • If those who sought and issued this warrant don’t have their ducks in a row, then the blowback will be intense.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Newsom has faced blowback for some of his comments on the book tour thus far, however.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Hall at that point could move on to other players without much blowback.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Nice, the team quickly addressed the issue publicly to get a jump on the blowback.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The politicians who make these deals know that when franchises leave on their watch, some of the blowback lands on them.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026

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