blown up

Example Sentences

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"Things can get spoken about and blown-up pretty heavily. I feel for them, in a way. It can be tricky."

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

Tupac Shakur, dressed in a suit, stared somberly from a blown-up photo that was erected on an easel like at a memorial service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

The smiling faces of Previte’s family members captured in blown-up photographs on a front wall help make it so.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

Gas now starts flowing from the pipe like air from a blown-up balloon.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023

He killed time by mailing blown-up match race photographs to reporters and taking out ads celebrating the win.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand