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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The mom of one parted her hair, which was styled in a blowout, to the side.
— Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024 -
College football fans don’t want to watch a blowout game, and viewers made that clear Monday night.
— Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023 -
Her bronde hair is parted gently to one side and styled in voluminous layered waves, à la the '90s go-to bombshell blowout.
— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Jan. 2023 -
Her characters would crash down on consonants, as though landing a plane in the midst of an engine blowout or stretch out vowels in defiance of several laws of physics.
— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024 -
The best Prime Day clothing deals are my absolute favorite markdowns to shop during Amazon’s blowout sales event.
— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2024 -
And the offense scored only 16 points in a blowout loss to the Buccaneers — the same team that eliminated them from the playoffs last season.
— Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024 -
By the end of the night, that pregame optimism had blossomed into postgame celebration, with the Dodgers saving their season in an 8-0 blowout win.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024 -
This tool cut the drying time for our tester’s hair by 15 minutes and provided a frizz-free, voluminous blowout without even using the highest setting.
— Madison Yauger, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024 -
Of course, the blip on the radar is a 32-13 blowout loss to the Browns on Halloween night that saw Burrow play one of his worst games this season.
— Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2023 -
In critical games this season, the Vikings lost in blowout fashion to high-level opponents such as the Cowboys and the Eagles.
— Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023 -
The next day, Blanchard earned another shutout, making 29 saves in the Shamrocks’ 6-0 blowout of Westwood.
— Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023 -
Prescott threw four touchdown passes to ignite Dallas’ 31-14 blowout of Tampa Bay on Monday night.
— Tim Bielik, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2023 -
The Colonels aim to bounce back from a 66-13 blowout by Cincinnati.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023 -
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 -
Sunday’s blowout loss to Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders added another layer to that belief.
— Vincent Frank, Forbes, 7 Oct. 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 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
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After all, who doesn't love to blow out the candles on a new year and save money?
— Nykia Spradley, Allure, 11 Aug. 2020 -
Highs are in the 70s as winds blow out of the northeast around 10 mph.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2020 -
Some fog is possible as winds blow out of the northeast around 5 mph.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2020 -
In several attempts, the candle’s flame flickers but does not blow out.
— Fox News, 10 July 2020 -
Italian government bonds as well as European high-yield spreads blew out.
— Jan-Patrick Barnert, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020 -
Back home in Queens, my mother would take me to the Dominican salon to get my curly hair blown out once a week.
— Thatiana Diaz, refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2020 -
In turn, the black holes blow out huge amounts of high-speed material that can drive the evolution of the entire cluster.
— Scientific American, 1 July 2020 -
The birthday boy may lower his mask and blow out the candles, subjecting the cake and the people close by to the entire volume of air in his lungs.
— Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2020 -
Chloe shared a video on Instagram of herself and her children blowing out birthday candles on her cake to announce the news.
— Makena Gera, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024 -
Another way to blow out lingering odor is to close all but one window and one exterior door, and put a large fan outside the exterior door.
— oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2020 -
Upon arrival officer located a vehicle in the center median with 2 blown out tires.
— Houston Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2020 -
There is a very deep one right after crossing Central on the left-hand side right at a pedestrian crosswalk that could blow out a tire, possibly causing a serious accident.
— John Thompson, ajc, 9 May 2020 -
In one snap from the celebration, Lakshmi sat down beside her daughter as the two worked together to blow out the cake's candles while Dell, 50, looked on with a smile.
— Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 2 Sep. 2020 -
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 -
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 -
Check to ensure the filter lid and clamp band are secure before and after blowing out the water lines.
— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024 -
In the practice of smudging, the palo santo is lit, blown out after around 30 seconds and then its smoke can be wafted around a room or space.
— Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
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