How to Use blistering in a Sentence

blistering

adjective
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  • Throw Mané in the mix and there’s even more blistering pace on the field.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 25 May 2018
  • The Warriors of Goshen are blistering area scoreboards to the tune of 48 per game.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The game began at a blistering pace, with both teams zooming up and down the court.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • From the first blistering riff to the last, Slayer did what Slayer does.
    — Kyle Slagle, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2019
  • As expected, the race for Rookie of the Year is off to a blistering pace.
    — Jake Berkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Much of the nation and the rest of the globe is well on its way to one of the warmest years on record after a blistering July.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That's a bit short of the blistering 375-mph top speed the train is capable of achieving.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Thousands of trees were ripped out of the ground by Irma's blistering winds.
    — Carter Evans, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Auburn has made one of its last seven shots from the field after a blistering start.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 29 Feb. 2020
  • If that blistering pace holds up, SpaceX will have launched nine Falcon 9s in just six months.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 May 2017
  • In a blistering ruling, the judge said the commission was wrong.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • All that remains are YouTube copies of the livestream and hundreds of blistering critiques.
    — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • On Tuesday, the same targets came in for his blistering rhetoric.
    — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2017
  • In her apartment, up a set of steep, dark steps, the curtains were pulled against a blistering midday heat.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
  • His numbers have proved good enough to help lead the Patriots to a blistering 8-1 start.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Vettel has won just once in his last nine races after a blistering start to 2017.
    — Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • In May of 1929, right after his wife died, Holmes wrote one of his most blistering dissents.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • On the year, Gordon is shooting a blistering 48% on 3s.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 17 Dec. 2021
  • After a blistering start to the year, both in the won-loss column and in terms of its overall play at the plate and in the field, Auburn has struggled since the start of SEC play.
    — Tom Green, AL.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • James showcased his blistering speed for the game's final goal, where Pogba was once again the provider.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Her postings caught the eye of Fox News, which showed them, and then Trump, who launched a blistering attack against Cummings.
    — Luke Broadwater, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Xander Bogaerts is off to a blistering start for the Boston Red Sox.
    — Fred Goodall, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Oezdemir settles down after the blistering pace and looks to work his boxing.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Sales at the nation’s top 25 developers rose by a blistering 50% year-over-year in the first six months.
    — Manju Dalal, WSJ, 10 July 2018
  • Target, for one, has enjoyed some of the most blistering growth since the pandemic broke out.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2021
  • His blistering speed is one thing, his shake-and-bake moves are another.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Her 5-month-old son, Gannon, stayed behind in the car and the blistering Florida sun.
    — Maritza Moulite, CNN, 12 June 2018
  • Damian Lillard had a blistering nine-game stretch in the restart, carrying Portland to the No. 8 seed with a 6-3 record.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The first-half was a blur of fast-pace competition as each team showed off its blistering ability to get up-and-down the court.
    — Hank Brady, NOLA.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Of course, there were some parts of Europe (London, anyone?) that have escaped the blistering heat.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2017

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