How to Use blow over in a Sentence

blow over

verb
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  • The gust of wind also damaged canopies and tables and blew over a light pole, police said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
  • Turkish-Israeli rapprochement, in short, is resting on a house of cards that will be easily blown over at the first sign of Israeli-Palestinian trouble.
    — Michael J. Koplow, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2016
  • If the ground-down roots break, the tree is more likely to blow over.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • When a hurricane blows over a sandy shore, dunes take the brunt of the waves.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 15 June 2023
  • Get out of mobile homes that can blow over in high winds.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2022
  • But Trump’s pique at Esper seemed to blow over, one of the people said.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, Fortune, 4 June 2020
  • The latest storm swirling around Kim has refused to blow over.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Armstrong and the other inmates in the cell block hoped the disruption would blow over.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The damage of Hurricane Ian doesn’t stop once storms blow over.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Power lines were blown over the ponds in the storm, owner Jamie Anderson said.
    — Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023
  • Some trees like the Chinese elms seem to be more shallow rooted and likely to blow over.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 May 2021
  • Some trees like the Chinese elms seem to be more shallow-rooted and likely to blow over.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2022
  • Pitts was knocked out of the Georgia game in the second quarter on Lewis Cine’s crushing blow over the middle.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Chastain and Larson had been trading blows over a few restarts before the crash.
    — Kelly Cranall, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • And people around the Bay Area are wondering how quickly this will blow over.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Dec. 2021
  • In the years since the privacy scandal has blown over, Ek now observes a third Zuckerberg.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • When a monsoon blew over a mesquite tree that was meant to provide shade to the patio, the builders repurposed it into a wall for the bar.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Cut off any affected leaves and let a fan gently blow over the leaves until the problem clears up.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The biggest influence on the regional climate are the winds that blow over the country from west to east.
    — WIRED, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Finally, the network’s top brass had to stop sitting on their hands and hoping things would blow over.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Burying your head in the sand or hoping things will blow over is a surefire recipe for disaster.
    — Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes, 22 June 2022
  • And some thought the controversy would simply blow over.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Inside the French Quarter, Kisha Shorter held out hope that the storm would blow over quickly, even as the wind rattled outside.
    — New York Times, 29 Aug. 2021
  • In the optimistic version of events, Lane says, the fight blows over, the combatants move on and the next season brings even more visitors.
    — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • At least two of the deaths were caused by falling trees, and another happened when a crane blew over in strong winds, officials said.
    — TIME, 17 May 2024
  • The response to Leah's behavior last week seems to blow over for the time being when Sarah finally arrives.
    — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 5 June 2020
  • Unlike the 18th-century Reign of Terror, this one seems unlikely to blow over on its own.
    — Michael B. Mukasey, National Review, 9 May 2023
  • But at an Olympics marked by severe weather in all directions, that storm blew over the city just before the finals, growing stronger by the minute.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
  • At least three National Christmas trees have been felled by wind, including one in 2011 that blew over.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Social media posts also showed pictures of a semi-truck blown over on the highway.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024

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