How to Use blowup in a Sentence

blowup

1 of 3 noun
  • The blowup of the photograph was easy to frame.
  • The two of them had a big blowup about something trivial.
  • The coach's latest blowup occurred when one of his players arrived late.
  • There were crash outs, blowups, fights over pancakes and some messy breakups.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Not with an argument or a blowup.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a good chance that your blowup mattress has seen better days.
    — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 27 Nov. 2020
  • There have been some starting pitching blowups — but more good than bad.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • If Chile seems an unlikely flash point, why the blowup there?
    — John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • After a slow buildup, the next blowup was on his birthday in March.
    — Doug Smithsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The predictable lust for a regime blowup is palpable around town.
    — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Just one more way the Gascón blowup impacted the vibe at this year’s show.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Shock waves from the latest blowup leave the landscape unclear.
    — Erica Werner, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The play builds to a blowup that could have reasonably happened at the end of the first act.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Please know that our teams are on it, and like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • Less than 48 hours after the blowup, both were able to laugh off the bad two minutes.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2020
  • This was a hint that a similar set of conditions would lead to a blowup.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The Vixen is also still in her feelings about last week's blowup.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
  • Well, at long last, the state of Illinois is about to expose just how big this blowup could be.
    — Laurie Meisler, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2017
  • The data were completely smooth, with no sign of the blowup he had been led to expect.
    — Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The blowup taught them that the old arrangement wasn’t working for either of them.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Mets went 5-5 over those 10 games with some major bullpen blowups.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
  • The blowup was a result of both of them failing to get their needs met, and yet, only one of them was an adult.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • And his death — and the blowup in the kitchen after Mohammed’s — seems to be taking a toll.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Mack stays in touch with the youth, who at first didn’t want to participate in anything and was prone to blowups.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The Giants couldn’t have asked for much more from their rookie right-hander in a year of bullpen blowups.
    — Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2017
  • In the end, there was a blowup, and the fallout was so bad that the first two couples never spoke to the third after their return.
    — Shivani Vora, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Spoelstra suggested Wednesday's blowup could help the Heat in the long run.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
  • If done well, all this can cut rework and prevent reputational blowups.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Faulí also has blowups of about ten grainy black-and-white photographs that were taken in Gaudí’s workshop.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But what will be the impact of the Singapore summit and the G-7 blowup?
    — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 14 June 2018

blow-up

2 of 3 adjective
  • The killer whales played with the blow-up craft for about an hour.
    — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
  • Everything don't have to be a big blow-up.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Both have also been prone to blow-up innings.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Josh appears in the first episode where the couple have a blow-up fight.
    — Rachel McRady, People.com, 23 June 2025
  • For me, that lesson first came with the tech bubble blow-up more than two decades ago.
    — John Abusaid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Dream opted for a blow-up alien costume, standing with her aunt and cousins in the snap.
    — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • But in this case, the crocodiles are green blow-up versions of the reptile.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
  • There was a blow-up doll that people were throwing around in the audience.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This was the blow-up that had been threatened throughout, but we were being led to believe hadn’t.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • One woman danced on the corner in a blow-up costume of a person riding a tiger.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
  • To keep the poly from taking on water and sinking, use pool balls and blow-up rafts to support the poly.
    — Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In one photo, Watt holds his son while sitting on a blow-up obstacle course in a lake.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • But there are no blow-up fights, just meaningful conversations.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Yet the nitwits across the street, who clutter their lawn with Christmas blow-up dolls, have won the contest four years in a row.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Speaking of focusing on the future…dwelling on the blow-up that already happened won’t change a thing.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The model is a natural posing with blow-up floatie wings on the beach in Jamaica.
    — Colleen Kratofil, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Each blow-up piece has built-in LED lights and stakes and string are included for easy setup.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Inflatable footrests can be placed in front of a seat to create a balloon of support, much like a blow-up pillow or mattress.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Add larger-than-life characters, such as blow-up lawn figures or set up a maze from the curb to your treat distribution point.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 30 Sep. 2024
  • At one point, Ventura testified, Combs asked her to get in a blow-up pool filled with baby oil.
    — Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 13 May 2025
  • This enormous blow-up creature shoots water from its horn and is officially the most magical way to cool off on a hot day.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 23 Feb. 2023
  • If these sports have previously felt inaccessible to you, a blow-up ride is a packable and easy way to join in on the fun.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
  • Oversized, blow-up sharks drift throughout the space, while deep blue lighting bathes the entire bar in an enchanting oceanic glow.
    — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Do not jump into or put your head under bathing water (bathtubs, small hard plastic/blow-up pools) – walk or lower yourself in.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The current state of live performances is starting to make more and more of a case for artists to just perform in those giant blow-up hamster balls.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Pause For Clarity Misalignment rarely starts with a blow-up.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There were six, but Giovanni, Lopez’s teenage son, left this past spring, after getting in a big blow-up fight with his dad.
    — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Ashley and Austin experience this blow-up out of context, and the video captures it with even less context.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Kerr declined to blame either player for the blow-up in an interview with Bill Simmons.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • From lightweight sleeping bags to blow-up camping beds, there are a wide range of packable options to take with you on your next mountain adventure.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023

blow up

3 of 3 verb
  • That's when the Jeep was blown up.
    — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Tears are blowing up in my eyes.
    — EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Tears are blowing up in my eyes.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Then it kind of got all blown up anyway.
    — Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The world could just blow up at any moment.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Could a rookie tight end blow up that plan?
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
  • From that instant, his phone blew up.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • All the bridge crossings have been blown up.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no way this doesn’t blow up in their faces at some point.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Since then, her phone has been blowing up.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And not try to blow up somebody's game like that.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That evening, his phone started to blow up with calls.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Stranger Things has caused the song to blow up around the world.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 June 2022
  • Perez killed the bill last year as part of the budget blow up.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
  • That is, until she's blown up by a gas leak in the end.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The show was so well received that some of those songs did blow up.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • He’d been blown up trying to save some guys who’d got blown up.
    — Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But if this blows up in Utah’s face in two or three years … oy.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • His phone was also blowing up with calls and texts.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • People look for small phrases and blow up this or that episode.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • And his phone blew up with calls from debt collectors.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • These all had the potential to blow up in his face and now have.
    — WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
  • But my phone had been blowing up for the better part of an hour.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The rocket came down, landed in the ocean, and blew up.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The knee-jerk reaction crowd is ready to blow up the bullpen.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Bills Mafia has since blown up and become the team’s moniker.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • This past year, two very cheesy tacos blew up in the Bay Area.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Moses’ phone started to blow up with text messages about the play.
    — Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Set up a ribbon to act as a net and blow up a balloon for a ball.
    — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 10 July 2024
  • The mistakes here aren’t the ones that will blow up your entire life.
    — Erin Browne, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2022

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