blown over

Example Sentences

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But while previous storms have blown over, there is increasing anxiety among some US allies that this time the damage might be harder to recover from.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“Denmark and Greenland stood firm and refused to be blown over by the most powerful man in the world,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Vehicles were blown over in Glasgow and Skye, while the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and other major events were cancelled.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

On the morning the Mountain fire erupted, wind gusts were so strong in Somis that several of the sturdy wooden boxes that housed Eduardo Flores’s bee colonies had already blown over.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024

It was in raking the yard, searching for nails and glass pieces blown over from Mr. Lucas’s house, that gave my eyes a downward place to look.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia