blow
Example Sentences
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As a result, confidence in experts and institutions suffered a blow from which it will be difficult to recover.
For those like Brothers, who considered the Hotel Cafe a second home, the news of the closure was a heavy blow.
From Los Angeles Times
Officials said floodwaters from the creek blew out those points of connection for the bridge.
From Los Angeles Times
"I have had to reduce the prices and it's a huge financial blow," she says.
From BBC
But it is all the other restaurant costs that are blowing his mind.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
