13 example sentences using blow.
Blow used in a sentence
Blow in a sentence as a noun
I stopped lying, I stopped calling people names, or threatening to blow them up.
It was not a heavy blow, but the novice was nonetheless surprised.
I'll bet Pfc. Manning doesn't even know how much of his exfiltration job was to get back at the Army, and how much was to "blow the whistle".
I'd run the MapReduce and it would blow up a few hundred times, then MapReduce would stop trying and **** the job.
The DoJ suit in 1997 was a serious blow to Microsoft inertia.
And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?
The source code to the parser is very assert-heavy, so if there's anything that's amiss, it tends to blow up with an assertion failure.
Blow in a sentence as a verb
Additionally, it is quite plausible that Paypal could demonstrate that success is a curse to new businesses and most which blow up proceed to, well, blow up.
I left Google voluntarily but, since you asked, I did blow the whistle on unethical management practices, and I was chagrined when absolutely nothing changed.
Manning didn't leak "war crimes", he leaked whatever info he could download, without verifying that it was all actually evidence deserving of whistle-blowing.
By choosing to make an example out of his punishment, the US has struck a huge blow to its claims of moral superiority and American exceptionalism.
Not, "Oh, look at all this data I have access to, let's just FTP this shiat up to the latest foreign national to hit the news".In the DoD whistle-blowing is actually a thing, believe it or not.
So, what did you expect them to blow a whistle on?For instance, Google and Microsoft are both now reporting ranges of the NSLs they receive; in effect, a kind of whistleblowing, albeit a legal and vetted one.
Blow definitions
a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
See also: bump
an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
See also: shock
forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
See also: puff
exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
See also: botch bodge bumble fumble muff flub spoil bungle fluff bollix bollocks
spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"
play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
show off
allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"