Sentence examples for a blow over from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a blow over" is not correct in English; did you mean "a blowover"? If this is the case, it can be used to describe a situation that is quickly forgotten or dismissed, often after a minor incident or controversy.

Example: "The scandal was just a blowover, and soon everyone moved on to other topics."
Alternatives: "a passing storm" or "a minor incident".

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Koolhaas requested that they represented the ways in which they have absorbed modernity, "as a boxer absorbs a blow", over the past century.

The Galaxy received a blow over the weekend when defender ALEXI LALAS sprained the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

When they got down the street he pushed her into a doorway, hit her a blow over the head, grabbed her purse and was gone.

The Greens' chances of winning other inner-city seats in Melbourne and Sydney were dealt a blow over the weekend after Labor struck a deal with the Liberal party to get Liberal preferences ahead of the Greens in key Labor-held seats.

Dominic Cork hung around for 45 minutes, taking a blow over his left eye for his trouble, but he went lbw, Tudor was caught at the wicket two balls later, Gough was another lbw victim next ball and Mullally surrendered abjectly.

Its efforts to do so have been dealt a blow over the past few weeks, as it has announced recalls totalling nearly 10 million vehicles.

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Work to tackle the effects of high wind around a 32-storey building in Leeds where a man was killed by a blown-over lorry may be delayed, an inquest heard.

Most people are not aware that a strong wind can easily blow over an aluminum or fiberglass extension ladder, even with a person standing on it.

They have got a rotten job ahead, but it will blow over in a few years.

To Ms. Maines's surprise, the controversy doesn't blow over in a week or two.

For one thing, the old farm structures appear as if they might blow over in a stiff wind.

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