blows

Example Sentences

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Those were the options: “a leaking tank or a tank that blows up,” Covey said at a briefing Friday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Devine was immediately on the attack with those three massive leg-side blows, but the return of Gibson and Kemp to bowling after their respective back injuries ticks off another key part of Edwards' puzzle.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Even though the raging desert wind blows in every summer, Baba makes the garden grow great vegetables.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Higher food prices will be especially painful in developing countries across Africa and Latin America, even if the IMF itself stands ready with loans to cushion the blows.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

The thickness of his tall boots must have absorbed the blows, for the admiral did not seem to mind or even stop to acknowledge his tiny attacker.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood