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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:

A slow wind generated from the unburned forest blows toward the fire, forcing the small flames to advance against, rather than with, the wind.
He stands there, an awesome wreck: drunk, corrupted, angry, in pain, delusionary, his vital organs putrifying, but still possessing surprising reservoirs of strength, and still capable of delivering vicious and unpredictable blows.
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.
And no one cares whether Chihuly blows glass.
Well, Safire explained, Bush blows up whenever he reads anything negative about himself in the newspaper.