How to Use blowout in a Sentence
- The car crashed after one of its tires had a blowout.
- The game was expected to be close but it turned out to be a blowout.
- We had a big blowout to celebrate his promotion.
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Of course, the play was worth just two points in a blowout loss.
— oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2022 -
Sunday’s blowout loss against the Eagles shows just how far the Giants have to go.
— Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022 -
The Celtics, fresh off a blowout loss to the Clippers the night before and ending a long trip, played with an unmatched energy early.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022 -
One point that Saban made does carry some historical weight: A blowout loss late in the season often is a harbinger of what lies ahead.
— Billy Witz, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022 -
The Horned Frogs had a terrific season, even though the national championship ended in blowout fashion.
— Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022 -
Cincinnati is riding a five-game winning streak while Tampa Bay is coming off a blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
— Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2022 -
Reports swirled of verbal altercations between players in the locker room after Sunday’s blowout loss in Minnesota.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022 -
The Colonels aim to bounce back from a 66-13 blowout by Cincinnati.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023 -
The mom of one parted her hair, which was styled in a blowout, to the side.
— Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024 -
Frankly, Dak Prescott didn’t have to do much in a 40-0 blowout of the Giants.
— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023 -
The Huskies have the edge, but no one is expecting a blowout.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023 -
In the second set, Djokovic went up 4-0, and the match felt on the verge of blowout status.
— Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 29 July 2024 -
The door plug blowout on the Max 9 is just one example.
— James Hill, ABC News, 7 May 2024 -
The 29-year-old righthander pitched the low-stakes ninth inning of Sunday’s blowout win.
— Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 8 May 2023 -
The Lions improved to 4-1 on the season with the blowout win, while the Cowboys fell to 3-3 on the year.
— Jacob Lev, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024 -
The blowout sports event will take place from September 9 to 16.
— Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2023 -
The loss, their second straight, comes on the heels of Sunday's 12-5 blowout to the Boston Red Sox.
— Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023 -
The hair oil boosts radiance and the brush is a blowout lifesaver.
— Annie Blackman, Allure, 18 July 2024 -
James and Davis remained on the bench for the fourth quarter, as did the rest of the Lakers' starters, during the blowout.
— Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023 -
Read Next Heat’s season ends with blowout loss to Celtics in first round.
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024 -
Wash it out in the morning before your blowout, and your hair will be ready to go.
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024 -
The first was a 37-point blowout and the second was a much closer five-point defeat.
— Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024 -
Then came the pandemic and two years of real blowout deficits.
— Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023 -
The first meeting was a 24-point blowout win for KU in Stillwater.
— Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024 -
To smooth out hair or do a simple blowout, get a larger round brush shape.
— Women's Health, 2 Mar. 2023 -
This two-in-one tool combines the power of a dryer and the volume of a styler for a quick and easy at-home blowout.
— Sarah Han, Allure, 12 July 2023 -
But unlike most bands in rock history, there's been no major blowouts between the members.
— Daniela Avila, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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As a result, what blows out of the vents is pretty fresh.
— Korin Miller, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024 -
The car continued, but soon after a rear tire blew out.
— cleveland, 1 Apr. 2020 -
Putting the light on too much of an angle will often leave half of your face looking blown out.
— Popular Science, 24 Mar. 2020 -
Plasmoids are charged globs of atmosphere blown out into space when the solar wind whips around planets.
— Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 30 Mar. 2020 -
When performing Pilates and core work, be sure to focus on your breath: breathe in through the nose and blow out through the mouth.
— Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2020 -
If times are good, the savings will protect you and your budget from other bumps in the road too — think leaky roofs, blown out tires or hospital stays.
— Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2020 -
Newborns puke up milk and blow out diapers constantly and unavoidably.
— Emily Gould, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020 -
At the same time, tax revenue will decline along with economic activity, blowing out deficits even further.
— Charles Riley, CNN, 3 Apr. 2020 -
The Buckeyes blew out the Falcons to a tune of 77-10 with Barrett throwing six touchdown passes.
— Tyler James, Indianapolis Star, 25 Feb. 2020 -
Trees were uprooted, water was pouring down the driveway, the windows on Carson's vehicle were smashed, roof tiles had blown into cars, and windows everywhere were blown out.
— NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Have the tire blow out and the truck go spinning off the side of the road.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 June 2021 -
In the 2022 season, the Fever were blown out of many games.
— Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2023 -
The storm tore off part of the roof and blew out the windows.
— Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Highs are in the 70s as winds blow out of the northeast around 10 mph.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2020 -
Walls were blown out on the ground level of the large building.
— Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2024 -
Winds will blow out of the southwest around 10 mph, with gusts to near 20 mph.
— Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022 -
At the end of the play, Tom tells Laura to blow out her candles.
— Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 Aug. 2021 -
That should cut down on how much bright lights blow out your footage.
— Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 16 Dec. 2021 -
Video from the scene showed walls blown out on the ground level of a large building.
— CBS News, 10 Aug. 2024 -
Winds will blow out of the south around 10 mph, with gusts toward 20 mph or so.
— Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022 -
The car's driver-side back window and tire are blown out.
— Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2023 -
On top of that, about 30% of his remaining pecan crop was blown out of the trees.
— Drew Kann, ajc, 1 Sep. 2023 -
Roofs have been torn off, walls scorched and windows blown out.
— Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Winds will continue to blow out of the south at around 10 mph.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Even if blown out by the next flood, more wood coming from one structure to the next will help the cause.
— Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023 -
The Browns relied on the big play to blow out the Bengals in their most recent game, 41-16.
— Tim Bielik, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2021 -
But as Richie leaned in to blow out the candles, her hair managed to catch fire.
— Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2021 -
But Alexis wasn't there to blow out her candles and make a wish.
— Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2022 -
In the images, Phoebe raised a glass and blew out the candles on a special blue cake.
— Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024 -
Reggie Jackson added 20 points to help blow out one of the East’s best teams.
— Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021
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