full-blown

Example Sentences

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The NBA has become unwatchable, allowing full-blown, no-holds-barred grabbing, holding and even hugging, with or without the ball, and not even trying to hide it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

But the protests later ballooned into a full-blown revolt.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

This comes as commodity experts say dwindling global supplies raise the risk of a full-blown crisis by early June.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

But, in the background, Wolf was spiralling in self-doubt amid her first full-blown relationship.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

By then, she was in the midst of a full-blown crisis.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield