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Example sentences for: blows

How can you use “blows” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He lands few blows, and he wears out his own image as a good-natured idealist.
You'll have been driving for 10 straight hours across North Dakota when suddenly the wind blows a huge metal road sign into your lane.
But McCain's punches were awkwardly thrown--in part because the other candidates crowded the ring, keeping Bush and McCain apart--and Bush absorbed the blows with genial poise.
Although you may welcome a breeze after the heat of the coast, the wind blows pretty briskly at Fóia, so you’ll need a jacket or sweater.
To read this book, on the other hand, is to hold on for dear life while a tornado of invisible winks, quadruple entendres, and mystifying personages blows you by--unless you happen to know, for example, that the "Hughes" on Page 124 is billionaire Howard Hughes, with whom Don Nixon (Sr.