How to Use blow in in a Sentence

blow in

verb
Definition of blow innext
Synonyms for blow innext
  • The Chiefs beat the Bills, 42-36 in overtime, but may have suffered a big blow in the process.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Her long waist length hair was kept down and blowing in the wind.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 19 July 2023
  • The result was a 36th-place finish — dead last — and a big blow in the playoffs.
    — Dave Skretta, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The train of the high-low style looks phenomenal blowing in the wind on the bow of a boat!
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2023
  • And then the wind blows in that same direction, towards the past.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Floods strike a new blow in an area of Kentucky that has known hardship.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Her hair was left down blowing in the wind, and her glowy skin was kept makeup free.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 11 July 2023
  • So losing Cozy was a massive blow in the middle of this process.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The demise of the local hospital was a blow in the middle of so much tragedy, said Bailey.
    — Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 26 May 2021
  • Bryan De La Cruz delivered the big blow in the first inning with his ninth homer of the season.
    — Field Level Media, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • Who will strike him with a single swing of a blade, and then, a year and a day hence, accept a blow in return?
    — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 30 July 2021
  • Her long black hair was down and blowing in the wind and behind The Kardashian's star was a turquoise ocean and bright blue sky.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 July 2023
  • Their presence was meant to send a signal that Mr. Nichols’s death was the latest blow in a lengthy struggle.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • That element seemed to blow in and out like the wind in round one and again in the final eight minutes Monday.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2022
  • Thanks to the additional magnets, the liner hangs straight and will not blow in when the shower is in use.
    — Alice Knisley Matthias, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s hoping the project offers a lot of playtime for kids before the winter winds blow in.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 31 July 2023
  • Near the city center, the walls of windows on the city’s landmark hotels had been shattered, their curtains left to blow in the wind.
    — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Temperatures will rise to 65 on New Year’s Day as the second storm blows in from the northwest.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • These landforms act as a buffer, protecting the mainland from the storms that blow in off the Atlantic Ocean.
    — Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Not in Birmingham, if the wind happens to blow in a westerly way.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But in a year’s time, that knight must seek him out and unflinchingly accept the same blow in return.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 July 2021
  • Swift can also be seen donning her iconic red lipstick as her hair blows in the wind.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • These energy sources and technologies have softened the blow in many parts of the world, according to the IEA.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Many depict a woman with long hair blowing in the wind, as well as the sea, flowers, and landscape of Sicily.
    — Liz Thach, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • One of this year's Best Picture frontrunners has suffered a blow in the Oscar race.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The curtains blew in all night, and the surf was incessant, unruly, and somehow soothing.
    — Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Like her other photos, her rib tattoo is on full display and her blonde hair is down and blowing in the wind.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • One of the teams featured a guy known for holding a big American flag as a hurricane blew in.
    — Patricia Mazzei Jason Andrew, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But behind the glamour is a city of unpaved roads and low cinder block structures, covered in dust and sand blown in from the desert around it.
    — Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Feast your eyes on a portion of the 1603 pieces of black sycamore wood trim veneer, used to give a visual impression of rose petals blowing in the wind.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023

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