Sentence examples for he almost blew from inspiring English sources

Still, he almost blew it in New Jersey.

He almost blew off one hand with dynamite one morning, tinkering with material that had been declared off-limits.

He almost blew my cover, but I had to forgive him.

For the third time in four matches, Cilic went the full five sets and he almost blew his golden chance.

Scott Grayban, 52, said he "almost blew a gasket" when Trump appointed his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior adviser to the White House.

He almost blew the whole assignment before he even got there two of his crew's SUVs got stuck in the mud somewhere in the mountains.

"He doesn't go back to bed again after he wakes the boys, & he almost blows his brains out bugling before afternoon".

But his go-getter attitude raises eyebrows when he expends considerable effort on customer service, and he almost blows his cover when he speaks up testily about a store's sloppy appearance.

With the Cotswold Hunt, he can't hide his admiration for the haughty folk on horses in all their finery, though he almost blows it when the fox he spots turns out to be a hare.

After spending months cleaning sand out of his rifle — so feverish with murderous anticipation that he almost blows a buddy's head off after an argument — Swofford ends up merely a spectator of a lopsided battle waged with bombs, not bullets.

Then they almost blew it.