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  • These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
  • Crank baits trolled parallel to the shore or over sand flats in the DIRTY water where wind is blowing waves into the shore or shallows is good too regardless of the depth. Whats a good bait to use for walleye? ive never caught one but we now have land at a lake that is stocked with some.
  • The only recent changes have been trees blowing down and the repair of thatched roofs. Times, Sunday Times
  • For a week after the headlands of Tarifa and Spartel have sunk under the eastern horizon, the vessel is kept every day upon her course, -- her top-gallant and studding sails all distent with the wind blowing freely from over Biscay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
  • The volume breathed out in the first second of forceful blowing into a spirometer, measured in litres.
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  • And, then, before he knew it, another song had started up; the same voice, the same wonderful, mind-blowing music.
  • A white strip of birch bark blowing up from the hollow over the brown floor of the grove made her heart stand still. Anne of Green Gables
  • For Huysmans, kirsch is the "wild blowing of a trumpet blast. Do They Taste of Trumpets?
  • Add to this mix the prospects of an economy supercharged by €12 billion when the special saving investments accounts start to mature in under two years' time, and the economic winds seem to blowing fair for stocks.
  • Charlie tried to lift her head to look at the house but the wind was blowing too hard for her to do so.
  • HOW dare councils whine about being starved of funds while blowing millions on undies using taxpayer-funded credit cards? The Sun
  • I do my share of driving and I had no idea all that cutting people off and speeding and changing lanes without signaling and blowing through stop signs was "choreographed"--no wonder I find driving to say nothing of cycling in New York City so irritating. People Are People: Dealing With It
  • Anderson dragged her into his office for a keelhauling and everyone went back to regular blowing.
  • Each hospital is also appointing local whistleblowing guardians. Times, Sunday Times
  • As the bus turned into a new recognizable road, the pavements were filled with people, scarves blowing in the wind.
  • There was a strong wind blowing.
  • A chock full pool of water, after blowing off silence.
  • I lay in the bed with my eyes still closed but my mind was awake listening to the sound of the breeze blowing through the leaves of the coconut tree near my room window.
  • LMAO the crowd in accra are singing and blowing on their vuvuzelas untill forlan equalizes for uruguay. WN.com - Articles related to Graham Poll: Now let's have penalty goals to beat cheats like Uruguay's Luis Suarez
  • Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce 'boum' ... Film | guardian.co.uk
  • TSA bought a bunch of so-called puffer machines to detect explosives by blowing air on passengers, but they didn't work very well. CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2009
  • The wetness turned to rain, then to sleet, and then to a nasty, slushy snow, blowing into my face no matter which direction I took.
  • For a second I thought the banksters would have to SUFFER for the damage they caused blowing a hole in the global economy.
  • Designed and crafted in Valencia, Spain since 1975, the process combines computerized manufacturing with artisan glassblowing techniques. Alexandra Kain | Inhabitat
  • About once every decade, an animated-film director manages to create a work that finds the perfect blend of innovative, mind-blowing visuals and emotive, engaging content.
  • Around the clock, the coaches galloped down the towns' high streets with long brass horns blowing to warn pedestrians.
  • This is the chappie who issued a fixed penalty ticket to a driver for allegedly blowing his nose and last year issued one to a man for littering – it was a tenner that had fallen out of his pocket on January 29, 2010 at 10: 33 pm Ben See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • One of the shoelaces on her sneaker had come untied and was blowing vulnerably in the wind.
  • i told my wife the other night, i'm hoping that obama can slip in a few "dishonors" and "dishonorables" under the radar on tuesday night. mccain will catch it and it will set him off. i honestly think that's the one button that you can push with mccain that he can't resist blowing up over -- hitting his honor (or lack thereof). Obama Campaign Launches Pre-emptive Ad Strike Against McCain's Planned Character Assault
  • After we had lost all steerage way we were swept bodily southwards by the inblowing winds towards the cyclone's centre.
  • He blew out his breath, blowing his hair like Jocelyn had done earlier.
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  • It was blowing dogs off chains. Times, Sunday Times
  • If the wind is blowing in from the east then sea fret hits even when the rest of old Blighty is basking in conditions more akin to the Mediterranean.
  • The mizzen-topsail, which was a comparatively new sail and close reefed, split from head to foot in the bunt; the foretopsail went in one rent from clew to caring, and was blowing to tatters; one of the chain bobstays parted; the spritsailyard sprung in the slings, the martingale had slued away off to leeward; and owing to the long dry weather the lee rigging hung in large bights at every lurch. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
  • In this mind-blowing and heart-opening experience, I witnessed a six-foot-tall luminous egg directly in front of me. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
  • Well, the devastation to the east of Mississippi is mind-blowing.
  • My neck muscles have only grown a bit sore from blowing my nose and the chafing from the rough toilet paper is already starting to heal. Empty Head « Colleen Anderson
  • Thankfully, no steady breeze was blowing, so no wind chill was created.
  • Day-break from mischief of what He did make from mischief of moon eclipse-showing and from mischief of witches on cord-knots blowing and from mischief of envier when envying. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • For the first time in 80 years, three of the four processions for the end of Holy Week, Semana Santa, were cancelled, thanks to mad billows blowing over every banner and stanchion and cordon, rain guttering from every rooftop, children's fingers growing waxy. Wind and heavy rain greet Britons who headed for Spanish sun at Easter
  • It was blowing a gale and he was shutting up early. The Sun
  • Even if a Japanese bomb missed its target, it was likely to find something worth blowing up.
  • We saw a whale blowing a jet of spray high in the air.
  • You got so tired of nearly every risk-taking venture blowing up in your face that you've pretty much stopped attempting anything the least bit chancy.
  • The conditions had a major influence on this game with a strong, gusting wind blowing up the field, bringing with it freezing showers of rain and hail.
  • These and the hedgerows drifted in and out with the ebb and flow of the firelight, but the two piebald horses were too far away to be seen, although they could be heard occasionally, blowing and stamping.
  • That's blowing up everyone's binaries big time. Times, Sunday Times
  • The hurricane is blowing broken glass about in the city streets.
  • They could see her profile with the bridge amidships and her gantries and the smoke blowing sideways. THE MAIN CAGES
  • As we left Girvan, with the sun shining, the wind blowing in its usual and helpful easterly direction, we climbed away from the town on a good open track which, despite the steep gradient, added to a sense of keen anticipation.
  • They call this season bordwo bo'uai ('blowing the petticoats awry'), in reference to the effect of the first strong gales of the south-eastern breeze.
  • He took a long puff of his cigar then sighed, blowing a steady stream of smoke.
  • A cold breeze was blowing hard .
  • The most exercise I get is blowing the whistle at the end. The Sun
  • But everything of that kind was brought abruptly to an end by a loud discordant blowing of horns and the hollow _tub, tub, tub_ of a number of rude drums; at which sounds the crowd around us broke up at once and retired, our little Hebe casting back at us more than one glance strongly indicative, as it seemed to me, of compassion. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
  • I think I'll see which way the wind is blowing before I vote at the board meeting.
  • Blowing a lock of hair off of my face, I looked down at him.
  • Presently, on the path some sixty feet above them, but hidden from them by the mass of tumbled rocks through which they had descended, they heard someone puffing and blowing, a stick striking and slipping on the stones, and weird rays of light stole down the mountain-side, and in and out of the vast blocks with which it was overstrewn. The History of David Grieve
  • Inflate the scare index by blowing up balloons and placing a glowstick inside. The Sun
  • This tyre's a bit flat; it needs blowing up.
  • He went crazy in the third quarter, drilling five or six shots in a row from all over the court, blowing the game wide open.
  • We owe Debra an immeasurable debt of gratitude for blowing the whistle.
  • Indeed, the following year, in May 1947, Hecht used his own proceeds from the play to pay for an ad in the New York Herald Tribune congratulating the Irgun on “blowing up British trains, robbing British banks, killing British tommies.” Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
  • There was a wind blowing down here, unlikely as that seemed, and it smelled not of small, mildewed rooms, but of wide green spaces. COLDHEART CANYON
  • As early as 9am, the streets of East London were alive with people - clad in the black and gold colours of both teams - blowing their noisy vuvuzelas.
  • A year after China's antisatellite test, the U.S. demonstrated its own capabilities by blowing up a dead spy satellite with a modified ballistic-missile interceptor. China Takes Aim at U.S. Naval Might
  • Individual sheets are raveled out in advance by blowing air against the side of a stack of sheets to remove attractions between sheets.
  • An inbound courier flashed past them, galloping horse lathered and blowing. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • It was the night of my thirteenth birthday party, and I was blowing out the candles on my cake.
  • This was the first occasion upon which it had had a fair trial, and it was found to answer admirably; the raft proving to be not only so stiff as to be absolutely uncapsizable, but also remarkably fast considering her shape, a speed of six knots being got out of her unloaded and with a good fresh breeze blowing. The Missing Merchantman
  • The course tutor and then assistant coach, Jim Harrick Jr, invited answers from students to a series of mind-blowing posers, including these.
  • The baptism begins at the narthex of the church, where the godparents speak for the child, renouncing Satan, blowing three times in the air, and spitting three times on the floor.
  • As the hurricane itself passes through, what we seem to now be getting is the wind almost blowing from the west to east, and then in a northerly direction, which is just the opposite of what we've been getting up to now.
  • The bunch fills the road, riders snorting, heaving and blowing hard as they try to extract maximum effort from their tired bodies for one final frenzied lunge towards the line.
  • Two muffled thuds rumbled out of the forward cargo hold, disks of steel plating on either side of the hold blowing outward. CORMORANT
  • He took a long puff of his cigar then sighed, blowing a steady stream of smoke.
  • When we see the _helleborus foetidus_ and _helleborus niger_ blowing at Christmas, the _helleborus hyemalis_ in January, and the _helleborus viridis_ as soon as ever it emerges out of the ground, we do not wonder, because they are kindred plants that we expect should keep pace the one with the other; but other congenerous vegetables differ so widely in their time of flowering, that we cannot but admire. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2
  • The soft gale winds blowing from the bay provided Eva with a slight chill and she did up her black button coat.
  • The term monsoon, or "monsun," I may explain, is derived from an Arabic word, _mausim_, meaning "a set time, or season of the year;" and is generally applied to a system of regular wind currents, like the Trades, blowing in different hemispheres beyond the range of those old customers with which ordinary voyagers are familiar. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story
  • He had to double charge the case to get that kind of detonation and especially blowing the top strap clean off! An Expert Gunsmith on Over-Pressure Rounds and Exploding Handguns
  • Two women are trying to teach me to ripple my body like a stream of air blowing throw a sheet of silk, but it's not working. Times, Sunday Times
  • My nose had started running again, so I was armed with several handkerchiefs and blowing my nose profusely as we entered the dining room.
  • (That slowness to wake up and smell -- mixing metaphors here -- which way the wind is blowing has, of course, redounded to the good of actors demanding $20 million salaries.) Seeing Stars in Hollywood and New York
  • Those hot and dry Santa Ana winds which have fueled this fire from the outset are not blowing today in the Los Angeles area.
  • Neil was supplying us with as much interaction on the set as we could get, be it objects blowing up or falling over, the gimbals and the rig, the explosions and flames and dust hits. 41 High Resolution Photos from Clash of the Titans | /Film
  • I woke up and it was blowing a force four, SE gale with waves about 16 inches high, blue skies and a chill in the air.
  • The wind was blowing harder every minute.
  • Three in 0 Gauge - Stinger/Tsumani (1) MCR 200 amp H/O Alternator (2) Power Acoustik PCX 5 farad Capacitors Are you a big huge fan of ear blowing, eye popping, car alarm triggering, windsheild breaking bass? WN.com - Articles related to Jackie Chan wants kung fu as Olympic sport
  • It was mind-blowing, with aromatic herbs and wonderful citrus flavours. Times, Sunday Times
  • As I said in my Budget speech, normally these Governments get accused of blowing the Budget and spending.
  • The wind is blowing fresh out of the east, funneling up the river, and the tide is ebbing hard, setting up a steep chop.
  • R. Meir is considered to be the tanna of the mishnah which allows children to blow the shofar (a positive, time-bound mitzvah) but which is understood to prohibit women from blowing the shofar. Legal-Religious Status of the Jewish Female.
  • Then I was blowing bubbles like the rest of them.
  • It was as if they had come together to hear the blowing of the _shophar_, and had nothing to do now but to disperse. Daniel Deronda
  • We are talking about not only an inadvertent or incorrect disclosure, but blowing the gaff on the investigation.
  • Generally, the fish should not produce and use such vortex motion any more than a sailor should advance by blowing on a sail.
  • Athletes run next to a man blowing an alphorn during the sixth Geneva Marathon of UNICEF on Sunday in Geneva. Sports Snapshots
  • They trudged through the blowing sands making little forward progress.
  • It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.
  • Bruce threw his infantry reserve into the battle, the arrows of the English archers wounded the men-at-arms of their own side, and the remnants of the leading line were tired and disheartened when the final impetus to their rout was given by the historic charge of the "gillies," some thousands of Scottish camp-followers who suddenly emerged from the woods, blowing horns, waving such weapons as they possessed, and holding aloft [v. 03 p. 0355] improvised banners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
  • Two women are trying to teach me to ripple my body like a stream of air blowing throw a sheet of silk, but it's not working. Times, Sunday Times
  • With the brilliant disk of the Sun blocked, the faint light of the corona reveals streamers of solar wind blowing out into space.
  • I watched my daughter and her friend, captivated by a circle of people blowing bubbles.
  • Rogue builders who conned pensioners out of £140,000 before blowing the cash on drinking binges have been ordered to reveal how much they each profited from the scam.
  • Cardinals wearing white mitres walked onto the square, their red vestments blowing in the breeze.
  • Snow slurries were expected to leave the region shivering today, with the promise of raw northerly winds, possibly gale force, blowing into tomorrow.
  • People lined the streets, lustily blowing vuvuzelas or shouting encouragement.
  • A fairly stiff breeze was blowing, but the branches of the willow trees never swayed.
  • There are special kits and tools for blowing eggs that make the process easier and safer for children and adults alike.
  • On the few occasions when the wind was not blowing a gale, the fog descended like a shroud.
  • He is swithering about possibly riding Blowing Wind, however, as he is consistent and has been placed twice in the past two years.
  • His threat to keep us all through lunch ended it, however, and Corey had to satisfy himself by blowing bubbles with his gum.
  • Thus the winds maintain the conditions that set them blowing in the first place. Ice Time: Climate, Science, and Life on Earth
  • Today he became the second candidate to declare himself——thus blowing the leadership race wide open.
  • Even an alarm clock buzzing right beside her head or a horn blowing near her ear wouldn't make her twitch or cause even the slightest flinch.
  • The autogyro didn't make a true vertical takeoff and landing -- it did have to be pushed forward a little before lifting off, unless there was a stiff wind blowing -- but it was good enough for his purposes. State Of War
  • And with the buses and taxis blowing their horns… lawks.
  • And the sound of you sneezing and blowing your nose has been replaced by... the sound of you sneezing and blowing your nose. The Sun
  • Garbage blowing on the sidewalk would offend them as much as would a dully designed highrise.
  • In the afternoon there is time to explore the city, or join excursions to the famous food market beside the Rialto Bridge and the glass-blowing factories on the island of Murano.
  • The people of Hampshire and Sussex call the missel-bird the storm-cock, because it sings early in the spring in blowing, showery weather; its song often commences with the year: with us it builds much in orchards. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
  • The strategy incorporates new policies to govern fraud, corruption and whistle-blowing in the city.
  • Keep your nasal passages clear by gently blowing your nose, one nostril at a time.
  • A warm breeze was blowing from the south.
  • The family is the rain, take irritable, leaving Qingliang; affection is the wind, blowing the sorrow, stay happy; the family is the sun, taking away the darkness, leaving the light. The family is the most great, no matter you are happy, frustration, pain, loss, it will gently on your way, quietly with your life.
  • The refrigerant carries the heat to the outside coil where the fan cools it, blowing the heat into the outside air.
  • The media may be blowing it up out of proportion.
  • In other words, when the wind is blowing at 120 kilometers per hour, most waves will be about twelve meters.
  • This process unfortunately requires for its prompt success the use of a very large quantity of spiegel or of ferro-manganese, in order to sufficiently carburize and deoxidize the burnt iron, which is the final product of the blowing. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882
  • Visitors looking for a less ‘interactive’ attraction can pay a visit to Langkawi Crystal, Malaysia's only glass-blowing factory, which is several kilometres north of the capital Kuah.
  • It teemed rain from once we set foot on the trail, the underfoot conditions were such that it was like wading through a soft riverbed, it was blowing a gale in the valleys and a hurricane up top.
  • Her concluding suggestion caused me to stifle a guffaw by blowing my nose loudly. GOODBYE CURATE
  • She smiled and waved flirtatiously, blowing a bubble with her gum in an attempt to look cute.
  • That it had been blowing here at some time, and violently too, was shown by the under-surface, which was composed of sastrugi as hard as iron. The South Pole~ Through the Mountains
  • Maybe it was a personal disconnect, like an emotional circuit breaker blowing, maybe it was shock. VITALS
  • All it may take for him to be among the league leaders in homers is a few days with the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field. Who can shake cold starts at hot corner?
  • We have come up with a fun new fundraising campaign - getting the nation blowing raspberries to cancer. The Sun
  • Due to the fact that it's blowing a hooley outside, which woke me from my slumbers, have started crossword before my breakfast. Cryptic crossword No 25,237
  • The snow was like sand blowing in your face. Times, Sunday Times
  • You have to try to keep him cool and calm by blowing on him. The Sun
  • Blowing bubbles is a favourite pastime of many children, but not one normally associated with school.
  • Call me Marxist if you must, but since when does blowing away money on overpriced, inessential and short-lived goods constitute a subversive act?
  • The weather is fine over the entire Mediterranean coast, but the tramontane is blowing over the coast of Languedoc.
  • A distinction was early made between readily traceable sabotage, blowing objects up with a bang, and undetectable sabotage - insaississable was the almost untranslatable French word for it.
  • They came streaming over the front line east from Kunduz in a cloud of dust at about 2pm local time, their vehicle lights on and horns blowing.
  • And the sound of you sneezing and blowing your nose has been replaced by... the sound of you sneezing and blowing your nose. The Sun
  • He tells his parents it's just a summer romance, but he's having so much fun that he's thinking about blowing off his career for a year or so.
  • The ‘blowing through a straw’ description is also accurate – this is a common general science deomontration – put a color pH indicator in water, blow through a straw, and watch the indicator color change as the increased CO2 acidifies the water. Thompson: "Remarkably Similar" « Climate Audit
  • In the 1830s and 40s railway mania charged across the country like a runaway train, and he was up at the front blowing the whistle.
  • Winds blowing in the upper atmosphere in curved paths are called gradient winds.
  • ‘We've had more corporate donations and it's just mind-blowing the support we've received,’ Emma continued.
  • Even in Tor Bay there was a full gale blowing; where a two-decker had dragged her anchors every precaution must be taken at whatever further cost in effort. Hornblower And The Hotspur
  • I could still smell burning plastic, though when the wind was blowing.
  • So from this day forward, in accordance with his thesis, the human race will be unswerving in its dedication to fulfilling this end; all human efforts will henceforth be directed towards blowing up the sun.
  • A wind of change began blowing through the club earlier this year when members realised the premises were long overdue for refurbishment and the institution itself needed a fresher image.
  • The gale rose again after sunrise, and when, after doing sixty miles in fourteen hours, we reached the heads of Hakodate Harbour, it was blowing and pouring like a bad day in Argyllshire, the spin-drift was driving over the bay, the Yezo mountains loomed darkly and loftily through rain and mist, and wind and thunder, and Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
  • Upshot was, one nasal spray, two weeks off nursery school, constant nose-blowing and operations may not be as essential to future happiness as was previously thought.
  • What I remember about growing up in my neighborhood was the sound of big ass rocket motors being tested and the occassional foundation shaking, glass shattering of a rocket engine blowing up in its hardstand about one half mile away. Scripting News for 5/8/2007 « Scripting News Annex
  • The other good news is that the northerly monsoons have arrived in the Gulf, blowing steadily from north-west veering north-east.
  • The same punch was to determine the following bout when Ali Funeka produced a carbon copy performance of his stablemate Vetyeka, blowing away Dumisani Mofu in the fourth round of their junior lightweight scrap.
  • One example, noted by spy novelist Jeremy Duns, is this passage from "Assassin of Secrets": "Then he saw her, behind the fountain, a small light, dim but growing to illuminate her as she stood naked but for a thin, translucent nightdress; her hair undone and falling to her waist—hair and the thin material moving and blowing as though caught in a silent zephyr. Spy Thriller: 'An Instant Classic' Vanishes Amid Plagiarism Charges
  • The weather varied from blowing snow to clear skies and ensured all skiers were put through their paces.
  • In the 17th century, we learn of the introduction of smoking tobacco and after that there is an impressive display about 18th century Waterford, glass-blowing and the Georgian legacy in architecture.
  • It must be autumn at home now – the harbour is a-dream and the old Glen hills blue with haze, and Rainbow Valley a haunt of delight with wild asters blowing all over it – our old 'farewell-summers.' Rilla of Ingleside
  • Blowing a gale and it rained just before we started but otherwise it was the super mega deluxe version of golf days with everything laid on.
  • Today he became the second candidate to declare himself——thus blowing the leadership race wide open.
  • You end up blowing a fortune on something. The Sun
  • As long as they don't have leaves blowing around in the Tardis I'll be happy.
  • Her thoughts were interrupted by a small gust of wind blowing across her face.
  • I'm looking about the country-side and I see but a horde of lameter privatemen and half-pay officers maimed in limb or mind sitting about the dram bottle, hoved up with their vain-glory, blustering and blowing, instead of being honest, eident lairds and farmers. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
  • A man sat atop of a magnificent palomino stallion, the stallion's mane blowing in the new morning's wind.
  • The report will also demand a commitment from the food industry to a whistleblowing code that encourages workers to expose wrongdoing. Times, Sunday Times
  • Watching your baby being born is a mind-blowing experience.
  • Matches, cigarette lighters, or magnesium fire starters beat the heck out of rubbing two sticks together when the wind is blowing hard and cold and your fingers are stiff and blue.
  • Round at health they are vexed by news of cigarette smoke blowing back through open doors. Times, Sunday Times
  • As court proceedings began, hundreds of Zuma supporters could be heard singing and blowing vuvuzelas outside.
  • The wind was blowing through her fancy curtained window and a light breeze hit her long brown hair as it dangled off the bed hitting the pale purple and mauve comforter.
  • The Andean sun bears down, harsh and strong, in stark contrast to a chilly wind blowing from the mountain.
  • Flanked on either side by a lass with a muckle great sword, and blowing for all he's worth, Kenny leads the procession into the main exhibition and conference hall, through a glitter of camera flashes.
  • For example: the scene when Ben and Juliet come to spy on Jack in the hatch at the Pearl station and Paulo is hiding in the bathroom is absolutely mind-blowing. The Tail Section » Top Ten Greatest Episodes Countdown - #3 “Deus Ex Machina”
  • As the trumpets were blowing the queen approached.
  • The latter, after single-handedly blowing away Montrealers on this year's rather sour Electroclash tour, will no doubt prove yet again that she's more than just a sassy-talking sexpot - she's truly a vocal force to be reckoned with.
  • It may also be blowing a gale. Times, Sunday Times
  • The astronauts had mind-blowing views of planet Earth.
  • The sky is a leaden grey, the temperature is high and the wind is blowing from the West - absolutely ideal.
  • There was screaming and yelling and the blowing of whistles and it sounded for a moment like someone had opened the gates to hell.
  • At Jalame crucibles must have been necessary to allow the gathering of glass on a blowing iron.
  • – I feel like the jump from the first clause (the ultimate cost for subordination is her memories) to the second (can she master the art of mind-hacking without blowing her cover?) is kind of awkward. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Sharpening Your Concept With a Two-Sentence Synopsis
  • The fall of snowflakes in a still air, preserving to each crystal its perfect form; the blowing of sleet over a wide sheet of water, and over plains, the waving rye-field, the mimic waving of acres of houstonia, whose innumerable florets whiten and ripple before the eye; the reflections of trees and flowers in glassy lakes; the musical steaming odorous south wind, which converts all trees to windharps; the crackling and spurting of hemlock in the flames; or of pine logs, which yield glory to the walls and faces in the sittingroom, -- these are the music and pictures of the most ancient religion. Essays: Second Series (1844)
  • We're blowing all this money to build houses and ruin habitat with so-called beach renourishment and jetties, groins and seawalls.
  • There was a brisk wind blowing, and the beggar turned about to face it, directly they had unhanded him. Robin Hood
  • It was blowing dogs off chains. Times, Sunday Times
  • My face was stung to severe pain by the high-driving spindrift, and I had a feeling that the wind was blowing the cobwebs out of my sleep-starved brain. CHAPTER XII
  • Brown's speech in Kampala was an indication that the wind is now blowing from a direction.
  • There had been a hard frost, eleven degrees Reaumur, without snow, but a little dry snow had fallen on the frozen ground during the night, and a keen dry wind was lifting and blowing it along the dreary streets of our town, especially about the market-place. The Brothers Karamazov
  • The bonfires can be seen burning at various times throughout the day and night, with the resulting nauseous effluvia blowing towards the two local schools and several housing estates.
  • The exhibition displays exquisite pieces made by fusing and blowing with top quality glass powders, precious metals, lustre and leafs from different countries.
  • A breaker has to wrestle with each hen to insert a tube, whereupon the inseminator releases a blast of compressed air, blowing the semen into the hen's oviduct. Kerry Trueman: Time To Mothball The Butterball!
  • I'd been expecting the coaches to be ruthless, overly competitive, blowing whistles and shouting: ‘No, you useless toerag, hit the deck and give me 20.’

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