blow in
Example Sentences
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In felt-tip pens, in pencil and ballpoint on notepaper, she articulated her desires on the backs of envelopes, holiday greetings or magazine subscription blow-in cards.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2020
Hiding behind a stone wall, in work clothes flecked with hay, Mr. McAllen would listen to this blow-in poet muttering to himself.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2015
And anyway," he says, raising his glass, "I'm what they call an official blow-in now.
From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2010
I was a fretful blow-in, by their mark, and simply not cut out for tough, gnarly, West of Ireland living.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2010
It occurs to me with rising concern that a blow-in can also blow away.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
