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blew

[ bloo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

blew

/ bluː /

All sorts of government policies blew that bubble up until it popped.

The scorned party in a love-triangle, he blew his head off while serving overnight tower duty in 2007.

You lived in New York City about 15 years ago before you really blew up.

Before long, the methane ignited and the entire store blew up.

One pressed her gun into the back of a man's head and blew him away.

Bits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.

The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.

Now he blew out the lamp and stood over me in the half-light, holding out a hand.

It was a windy night and a sudden gust blew his tall hat into the river, and after it unfortunately dropped the meerschaum.

It was a rather depressed stock-hand, name of Flood, who blew cigarette smoke out over the brow of Writing-Stone that evening.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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