How to Use blowup in a Sentence

blowup

1 of 3 noun
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  • The two of them had a big blowup about something trivial.
  • The coach's latest blowup occurred when one of his players arrived late.
  • The data were completely smooth, with no sign of the blowup he had been led to expect.
    — Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Though his blowup paddling-pool headpieces were easily a close second.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2019
  • The discrepancy seems odd, and the blowups work to overwhelm the photographs.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
  • The blowup created a field of satellite debris at that altitude.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2019
  • Even his infamous sideline blowup with Green appears to have led to character growth by both men.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2019
  • Yet the United States need not wait until then to start mitigating the risks of a blowup.
    — Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2023
  • The size is worth noting because there are also three mural-size blowups of Hine photographs.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
  • The idea was to make the point privately to Mr. Netanyahu without a public blowup.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 11 May 2024
  • Guests entered through a giant blowup of Stormi's head, a concept taken straight from Astroworld's album cover.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Little did Rosie know that her comments would turn out to be a major talking point in one of the biggest View blowups in the show's history six days later.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2019
  • The whole situation started strangely, with Riverdale star Vanessa Morgan singing to a blowup doll with a fabulous bob wig in blunt bangs.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 8 Feb. 2019
  • Homeland Security officials have been ramping up slowly, and were already working to spread the program along the border before the latest blowup.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2019
  • One of the surprising elements to the whole blowup is the war of words between Swift and Borchetta; publicly, the two have never had anything but glowing things to say about each other.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 1 July 2019
  • Every few months, there’s another big blowup on YA Twitter and another article denouncing the whole sphere as toxic.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 29 June 2019
  • Those explosions can have pretty significant consequences when a fire breaks out near a concrete structure, but the actual process of how the blowups happen isn't very well understood by scientists.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2019
  • As always, too much debt is at the heart of any blowup.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The play builds to a blowup that could have reasonably happened at the end of the first act.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And his death — and the blowup in the kitchen after Mohammed’s — seems to be taking a toll.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • After a slow buildup, the next blowup was on his birthday in March.
    — Doug Smithsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Less than 48 hours after the blowup, both were able to laugh off the bad two minutes.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2020
  • There was his blowup on the bench during a loss to the Toronto Raptors on Dec. 31.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Tina shipped him pillows and a blowup mattress and more.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • But the email exchange was many hours after our blowup.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 26 June 2021
  • Please know that our teams are on it, and like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • If Chile seems an unlikely flash point, why the blowup there?
    — John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • There was a huge media blowup over this aspect of the story.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Shock waves from the latest blowup leave the landscape unclear.
    — Erica Werner, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a good chance that your blowup mattress has seen better days.
    — Cnn Underscored Staff, CNN Underscored, 27 Nov. 2020
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blow-up

2 of 3 adjective
  • Munn could be seen posing with her son next to a blue blow-up birthday balloon while standing in front of a set table.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Bong plastered a blow-up of Vattendahl's portrait on the nose of the plane, according to a Pacific Wrecks' summary of the plane's service.
    — CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • For me, that lesson first came with the tech bubble blow-up more than two decades ago.
    — John Abusaid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Yet the nitwits across the street, who clutter their lawn with Christmas blow-up dolls, have won the contest four years in a row.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Each blow-up piece has built-in LED lights and stakes and string are included for easy setup.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In one photo, Watt holds his son while sitting on a blow-up obstacle course in a lake.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • Speaking of focusing on the future…dwelling on the blow-up that already happened won’t change a thing.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The model is a natural posing with blow-up floatie wings on the beach in Jamaica.
    — Colleen Kratofil, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In the first photo, Munn poses with her son next to a blue blow-up birthday balloon, standing in front of a set table.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • There were six, but Giovanni, Lopez’s teenage son, left this past spring, after getting in a big blow-up fight with his dad.
    — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Tasha Zemke has traveled extensively around the U.S. and the world and has outgrown her desire to camp on a thin blow-up mattress.
    — Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The current state of live performances is starting to make more and more of a case for artists to just perform in those giant blow-up hamster balls.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • To add the animation later, each frame that Schmidt cut was then photocopied as an 8×10 blow-up.
    — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Inflatable footrests can be placed in front of a seat to create a balloon of support, much like a blow-up pillow or mattress.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024
  • If these sports have previously felt inaccessible to you, a blow-up ride is a packable and easy way to join in on the fun.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
  • Now, inflatable splash pads and blow-up water parks (that double as bounce houses) for the backyard are all the rage, and adults are even getting in on the action too.
    — Elizabeth Kadar, Women's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Not unlike years past, the streets were filled with an assortment of ghosts, monsters, Disney princesses and blow-up dinosaurs.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This enormous blow-up creature shoots water from its horn and is officially the most magical way to cool off on a hot day.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 23 Feb. 2023
  • From lightweight sleeping bags to blow-up camping beds, there are a wide range of packable options to take with you on your next mountain adventure.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Do not jump into or put your head under bathing water (bathtubs, small hard plastic/blow-up pools) – walk or lower yourself in.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • As viewers quickly learn in season 2, Lisa and Brian are have a huge, blow-up fight that involves a lot of intense moments, curse words, shouting, and storming off.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And there is an angry blow-up near the end, when both father and daughter unleash their emotions: his sincere concern and regret, her hurt and damaged sense of herself.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Kim posted footage from the bash at the time as her backyard was transformed into a soccer player paradise, with blow-up bounce houses goal-scoring setups for guests.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Do not allow water to go up your nose or sniff water into your nose when bathing, showering, washing your face, or swimming in small hard plastic/blow-up pools.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Despite being a blow-up, it’s designed to last with double-layer, thickened PVC construction and a leakproof seamless bonding technique.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The entrance to the party was (literally) jaw-dropping: guests walked through a giant blow-up replica of Stormi's face, which resembled Scott's Astroworld album art.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • This blow-up serving platter has multiple drink holders, an ice bucket for a bottle of champagne or rosé, and even snack compartments for other refreshments.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In one of the most surprisingly real moments of Netflix's series to date, their relationship ended without the pomp and circumstance of a finale wedding, or massive blow-up argument.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Amy finally realized how serious her mental health issues were after a massive blow-up between herself and her sisters Amanda and Tammy during a trip to Florida over the summer.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The regulatory interest in the issue isn’t entirely new — some officials have been monitoring it ever since the last blow-up — but the possibility of a US default has added a new, and troubling, element.
    — Sonali Basak, Fortune, 26 May 2023
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blow up

3 of 3 verb
  • River’s been beaten, stun-gunned, tied up, left for dead, and blown up with a grenade.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 May 2024
  • It was fueled by hills of dry grass that burn fast and hot and winds blowing up to 40 mph.
    — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • The Dodgers’ lack of relief options had finally blown up in their face.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
  • Rusty’s gamble of going on the stand blows up in his face, and Tommy gets his first big win in the case.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 17 July 2024
  • Kate's viral fame is something the family is just getting used to in the week since Stefanie's video blew up.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
  • Homes don’t blow up from internal pressure during a hurricane.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • But doing so would be viewed as a sign of disrespect within the chamber and threaten to blow up the entire session.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
  • And who knows who blew that up, who blew up the opportunity for border security?
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 28 July 2024
  • Private credit isn’t something that is expected to blow up today, tomorrow or next week, Wessel said.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 May 2024
  • Their instructions were to blow up bridges, rail lines and telephone lines to confuse and detain the Nazis from rushing up to Normandy, then move on.
    — Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
  • Once the final span of the bridge had been blown up, the 1,000-foot vessel could finally be re-floated after being stranded for almost eight weeks.
    — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 May 2024
  • The giant rocks that create Ruck-a-Chucky Falls dropped into the river after gold miners blew up the side of the neighboring mountain with explosives.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
  • He got blown up three times in Afghanistan in 2008, like big booms.
    — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The Boss saw the Astros blow up the chicken man in Philly.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The show was so well received that some of those songs did blow up.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The mistakes here aren’t the ones that will blow up your entire life.
    — Erin Browne, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The phone was absolutely the seeds of the whole blowing up.
    — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Set up a ribbon to act as a net and blow up a balloon for a ball.
    — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 10 July 2024
  • This has the potential to blow up in all of your faces and the one who will be most hurt by this is the wife.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Poised to even it, 1-1, the Bruins for a second day in a row watched their boo-boo blow up big time.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
  • That’s the most Jody response — don’t blow up your life, but just start somewhere.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This is not to suggest that Chaim Bloom blow up his vaunted plan.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Less than a month later, the blockchain world would blow up at the hands of a bogus crypto king in the Bahamas.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2022
  • So those things are still there, but people are busy and blowing up.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
  • At the Met, the opera felt like a movie of the week blown up to CinemaScope dimensions.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Shells or rockets rained down, and blew up the Russian FPV base.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • At around that same time, my savings and loan blew up, got taken over by the Feds and some of the management went to jail.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Then, once Twenty One Pilots blew up, there just wasn't time.
    — New Atlas, 9 July 2024
  • There are those who believe the Las Vegas deal can blow up to the point where the A’s wind up back in Oakland with a new owner.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • Weeks after a dam was blown up in Ukraine, the collapse continues to cause strife.
    — USA TODAY, 31 July 2023

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