9 sentences with 'blow'
Example sentences and phrases with the word blow and other words derived from it.
• « The surgeon struck a vigorous blow on the flat surface of the knife with a stainless steel hammer. »
• « -Heroin," Mr. Martin replied. I'll be intoxicated up to my ears by the time I blow that old wretch. »
• « The real hammer blow of the Diaspora came in the 130s AD, when the Romans destroyed much of Jerusalem and forced almost all the Jews into exile - the word Diaspora itself means "dispersion", and with the destruction of the Jewish kingdom by Rome there would be no Jewish state again until the founding of the modern nation of Israel in 1948 AD. »
• « Although the loss of Israel was an obvious blow against the Hebrews as a people, the worship of Yahweh as the exclusive god of the Hebrews gained considerable support in Judah. »
• « Sparta finally struck a decisive blow in 405 BC by surprising the Athenian fleet in Anatolia and destroying it. »
• « The real death blow of the Italian Renaissance was the collapse of the balance of power inaugurated by the Peace of Lodi. »