Sentence examples for blow gently from inspiring English sources

"blow gently" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English
This phrase may be used when asking for, or describing, something being blown in a gentle manner, such as a light breeze or a birthday candle. Example: "The baby's birthday cake had a single flame flickering in the wind, so we had to blow gently to put it out."

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Ten minutes later, we were back on Dalton Highway, watching the fireweed blow gently in the wind.

Blow gently, ye Aeolian winds, or the entire exhibition may float up and away into the trees of Central Park.

If that doesn't work, you could use the Valsalva manoeuvre, where you block your nose with your fingers, close your mouth and "blow" gently, though some doctors advise against this.

On summer nights, when the land cools and the surface of the lagoon remains warm, a wind begins to blow gently from the mainland, carrying all the air pollution toward the city.

By the lucky coincidence of Allen's story, D.J. has eavesdropped after school on sessions conducted by her best friend's analyst mother, and Von is one of the regular patients; thus D.J. knows Von's intellectual passions (Titian), her problems (search for perfection), and how to manipulate her erogenous zones (blow gently between her shoulder blades).

I'm not saying those times were better (the breadth of choice and accessibility of music today is a magical thing), but strangely, there is one thing I miss: the roadside decorations of yore where the unwound tape reel from discarded cassettes would blow gently in the breeze like streamers as cars sped past on the highway.

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Michael blew, gently.

Blowing gently, but blowing nonetheless.

Paul blew gently at the insect, which swayed on its threads of legs.

There was a breeze, and its tufts and horns were blowing gently.

He put his Escher Tower on the table next to a monolith of the same height and surface area, and blew gently on both.

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