blow
Example Sentences
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Chief among them is the seeming inability to absorb a blow and come back fighting.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The blow came after the right-hander threw a four-seam fastball that nearly missed Trout’s face.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Still, other foreign sports brands haven’t suffered as big a sales blow in China as Nike has.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
And if so, doesn’t that just blow up Sauer’s theory that the whole point of this clause was to protect the citizenship of these exact people?
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
As we turned and walked away, we had to cling on to one another, so that the wind did not blow us back towards the city, towards the fire—the gusts of wind were so strong.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
