BLEW in a Sentence

Learn BLEW from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
162 example sentences for BLEW, such as:
1. The wind blew the smoke in.
2. A damp wind blew from the west.
3. A gust of wind blew his hat off.
4. After dinner she blew out the candles.
5. The wind blew the waves into great peaks.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BLEW
Classic Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1  Ethan undressed hurriedly and blew out the light so that he should not see her when he took his place at her side.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
2  Scarlett blew her nose on her torn handkerchief, and they started up the dark drive arm in arm, the horse following slowly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  The small cloud on the horizon had blown up swiftly into a large, sullen storm cloud and it was as though a faint, chilling wind blew from it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  She blew her nose obediently, still trembling, but she could not think what to tell him to do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  She blew her nose on his bandanna, for she had come from Atlanta without even a handkerchief, and settled back into the crook of Will's arm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
6  A little interest flickered in Pork's eyes as he blew his nose loudly but it was more politeness than interest.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
7  With the disappearance of the sun, a bitter chill had fallen on the twilight world and a cold wind blew through the dark woods, making the bare boughs crack and the dead leaves rustle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
8  It sleeted the next day, but as the wintry twilight drew on the icy particles stopped falling and a cold wind blew.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
9  She took the handkerchief, blew her nose and sat down.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
10  Outside, the sky was gusty and overcast, and as Lily and Selden moved toward the deserted gardens below the restaurant, spurts of warm rain blew fitfully against their faces.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
11  She raised herself in bed and swallowed the contents of the glass; then she blew out her candle and lay down.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
12  She lifted her arms, she leaned back against the wind, her skirt dipped and flared, a lock blew wild.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  Four days after the Jolly Seventeen debacle Vida Sherwin called and casually blew Carol's world to pieces.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  Sweet winds blew from the sunny lake beside her, and small waves sputtered on the meadowy shore.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
15  Snow blew through the chinks of new-made cabins, and Eastern children, with flowery muslin dresses, shivered all winter and in summer were red and black with mosquito bites.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1  An icy wind blew hard across the open spaces.
2  After dinner she blew out the candles.
3  The blast from the bomb blew out all the windows in the area.
4  The wind blew through gaps at the top and bottom of the door.
5  When my father learned that I had smashed a fender on the car, he blew his top.
6  Saboteurs blew up a small section of the track.
7  The rogue blew upon the scheme and so betrayed his partner to the police.
8  A damp wind blew from the west.
9  A puff of wind blew the papers off the table.
10  A gust of wind blew his hat off.
11  The wind blew the smoke in.
12  A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.
13  The wind blew the waves into great peaks.
14  The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.
15  A bomb blew out the front of a hotel in central Jerusalem early today.