How to Use blowout in a Sentence

blowout

1 of 2 noun
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  • 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.
  • Of course, the play was worth just two points in a blowout loss.
    — oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Sunday’s blowout loss against the Eagles shows just how far the Giants have to go.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The Celtics, fresh off a blowout loss to the Clippers the night before and ending a long trip, played with an unmatched energy early.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • One point that Saban made does carry some historical weight: A blowout loss late in the season often is a harbinger of what lies ahead.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The Horned Frogs had a terrific season, even though the national championship ended in blowout fashion.
    — Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Cincinnati is riding a five-game winning streak while Tampa Bay is coming off a blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
    — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Reports swirled of verbal altercations between players in the locker room after Sunday’s blowout loss in Minnesota.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Colonels aim to bounce back from a 66-13 blowout by Cincinnati.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The mom of one parted her hair, which was styled in a blowout, to the side.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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 Lions improved to 4-1 on the season with the blowout win, while the Cowboys fell to 3-3 on the year.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The first meeting was a 24-point blowout win for KU in Stillwater.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • To smooth out hair or do a simple blowout, get a larger round brush shape.
    — Women's Health, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This two-in-one tool combines the power of a dryer and the volume of a styler for a quick and easy at-home blowout.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 12 July 2023
  • But unlike most bands in rock history, there's been no major blowouts between the members.
    — Daniela Avila, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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blow out

2 of 2 verb
  • The fire left windows blown out and heavy black smoke or burn marks on three sides of the building.
    — Time, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Most services are $10 to $15, so adding one won’t blow out my budget too much.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Many windows in the buildings have been blown out by Russian shelling and are now covered with plywood.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There was the time my father accidentally tied the boat to a lobster pot instead of a buoy and we were blown out to sea.
    — Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Rice has lost six of its last seven games and was blown out by Southern Miss 81-68 in its last game.
    — Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2020
  • As the birthday boys blew out the candles on their joint cake, Lennon donned a homemade hat made from a grocery bag and construction paper.
    — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Early-season hamstring issues were a factor as was the speed with which Clemson blew out opponents.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 12 Jan. 2020
  • The mom of two shared a sweet photo of the festivities on Instagram, showing the actor blowing out candles on a plate of bacon and eggs while their kids sat around him.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • This was dramatically demonstrated last season when Williamson famously blew out a sneaker while playing at Duke.
    — New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
  • If the sprinklers aren’t blown out, there’s a chance that any remaining water inside them will freeze and expand, causing cracks and other damage to pipes, sprinkler heads, backflow preventers and more.
    — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The opponent, Michigan, is itself is reeling from a three-loss season in which it was blown out by Ohio State and narrowly escaped a home loss to Army.
    — Mike Rodak | [email protected], al, 31 Dec. 2019
  • By October, still in the belly of the southern hemisphere’s spring season, fires to Sydney’s west and south blew out of control, and the cloak of a climate change–stained sky settled over the city.
    — Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 7 Jan. 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
  • Highs are in the 70s as winds blow out of the northeast around 10 mph.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • As a result, what blows out of the vents is pretty fresh.
    — Korin Miller, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • But as Richie leaned in to blow out the candles, her hair managed to catch fire.
    — Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2021

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