blow-by-blow
Example Sentences
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Other chapters, however, seem more peripheral, such as those that give blow-by-blow accounts of Russian-Qing diplomacy over the disputed Amur region far to the east of Mongolia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
He provides a blow-by-blow account of the days leading up to the ruling’s publication, including internal communications between the judges that, as a rule, are never shared with the public.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
It was painstaking, and sometimes dull, and included a blow-by-blow account about how checks were approved, then cut, then mailed, then signed, then returned.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
Simpson trial, certainly wouldn’t have been the premier spectacle of a generation if not for the blow-by-blow live broadcast from Los Angeles to the rest of the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024
I’m not prudish, Kitty, and yet every time they give a blow-by-blow account of their trips to the bathroom, which they often do, my whole body rises in revolt.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
