Blew

Examples

• She blew long enough to show that the sand had all slipped through. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I took off the kettle and blew out the lamp, for the water was spurting over the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The snow blew in our faces so we could hardly see. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It was Pablo who blew up the train at Arevalo, Anselmo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But I remember with the blowing of the train the lamp of the engine blew by over my head and pieces of steel flew by like swallows. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He was smoking a cigarette and he held a bowl of coffee in one hand and blew smoke onto its surface as he raised it to his lips. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Could it be the tempest which, as she passed the landing of the first floor, blew open the drawing-room door? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then the bridge blew and one horse snapped his halter when he rose and jerked his head at the cracking roar and he went off through the trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The door swung open; the smell of growing things greeted my nostrils; the cool night air blew against my cheek. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The grating wind sawed rather than blew; and as it sawed, the sawdust whirled about the sawpit. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The wind, favourable to him, blew so strongly in shore, that we were unable, as we had at first intended, to meet him on his watery road. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The blast blew so strong I could not stand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• How do you know they all blew? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But when the wind blew the aeroplane was as likely as not to capsize. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Seem I not in this garb as bold a forester as ever blew horn? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• However, of course, that soon blew over, and we were all good friends again. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He then, after making more signs on the boy's head, blew on his forehead, and so woke him up with a start. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Clym hastily put together the logs on the hearth, raked abroad the embers, which were scarcely yet extinct, and blew up a flame with the bellows. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The rain beat strongly against the panes, the wind blew tempestuously: One lies there, I thought, who will soon be beyond the war of earthly elements. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It just blew the whole side of my foot off. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• But you said the other always blew. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But the Blenkinsop engine was found to be very unsteady, and tore up the tram-rails, and when its boiler blew up the owner decided that the engine was not worth the cost of repair. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In 1839 Colonel Pasley blew up the wreck of the Royal George by electro-blasting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She leaned round and blew out her lanterns. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The wind blew roughly, the wet squalls came rattling past them, skimming the pools on the road and pavement, and raining them down into the river. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The south wind blew Dora, and the wild flowers in the hedges were all Doras, to a bud. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• However, he reported that he set fire to her and blew her up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• During the 19th the wind blew in the wrong direction to transmit sound either towards the point where Ord was, or to Burnsville where I had remained. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I had been in Yarmouth when the seamen said it blew great guns, but I had never known the like of this, or anything approaching to it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It rained still, and blew; but with more clemency, I thought, than it had poured and raged all day. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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