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Sentences starting with blows

Blows rattled on him, and one or two he got on the head, just as he tossed a man spinning senseless across the grass, which sent him staggering backwards for a moment, sick and stunned. [11]

Sentences ending with blows

The strongest succumb to his blows. [10]
About the same time, two 'highly connected' young Virginians, clerks in a hardware store at Charlottesville, while 'skylarking,' came to blows. [5]
They could see that the bear was recovering from the blows. [5]
The powwow and racket were prodigious; it was a tempest of riot and confusion and thick-falling blows. [5]
But you cannot pretend not to know your own powers of speech, nor to contradict me when I assert that, even in the plainest working-dress, you were perfectly able to produce as much effect with words as by deadly blows! [10]
The townsfolk drove off our cattle as security and, by way of punishment, your uncle seized the goods of their merchants, and they came to blows. [10]
You shall find no lack of blows. [10]
His muscles were like hickory wood, and I have known a man insensible for a quarter of an hour after one of his blows. [9]
This is important, if in nothing else, in showing which way the wind blows. [7]
This had already happened several times, and he, Phryx, had warned him, for, when the lowly associate with the lofty, the lowly rarely escape kicks and blows. [10]

Short sentences using blows

Blows! [11]

Sentences containing blows two or more times

No one in the valley had ever heard the thing he sang softly as he sat looking down at Julie: "The little white smoke blows there, blows here, The little blue wolf comes down-- C'est la! [11]
He's a good man, but he blows his nose too much, and blows it with a flourish. [11]

More example sentences with the word blows in them

A self-sufficient, doughty young man, with the round head that withstands many blows, taking by nature to competition and buccaneering in general. [9]
The blows that wound the affections can only be healed by the affections, and not by the intellect and considerations of reason. [10]
Rumour reported that, with the huge sword he wielded, he had dealt from his powerful charger blows as terrible as those inflicted five-and-twenty years before when, not far from the same spot, he struck Archelaus on the head. [10]
The scorching desert wind which, during the Spring months, so often blows through the valley of the Nile, had risen, and though the bright blue sky which had been visible by night and day was still cloudless, it was veiled by a whitish mist. [10]
But see, the wind blows fair, and in my heart I have no fear of the end. [11]
And when the whistle blows at night all you have is your little hall bedroom in a rooming house that smells of stale smoke and cabbage. [9]
What the gift was to announce she read on the paper accompanying it, which contained the following simple lines: "The iron rude, when shaped by fire and blows, Delights our eyes as a most beauteous rose. [10]
But if Garcilasso was inferior to him in power, he was superior in agility; many of his blows he parried; others he received upon his Flemish shield, which was proof against the Damascus blade. [4]
Nay, Art serves Truth, and Truth with Titan blows, Strikes fearless at all evil that it knows. [11]
Many a table, too, groaned under blows from the clinched fist of some excited reveller. [10]
She listened eagerly to the blows of the battering-engine; each one sounded to her like a shock to the very structure of the universe. [10]
He had forgotten to strengthen himself with food and drink, and the terrible blows of fate which had fallen upon him during these last hours of trial crushed, though but for a short time, his still vigorous strength. [10]
A man left to himself drifts about like a boat on a calm lake; it is only when the wind blows that the boat goes anywhere. [4]
I'll nap again till the whistle blows, and then I'll go down to the arms factory and have it out with Hercules. [5]
It seemed as though the tempest had seized the ends of the rope, and was dealing terrible blows with them upon her shoulders, her back, and her feet. [10]
One after another those paralyzing seizures which had been like deadening blows on the naked heart seemed to repeat themselves, as real as at the moment of their occurrence. [6]
You cannot have this man except over my body: and for my body every one of you will pay with your lives; for every blow struck this night, there will be a hundred blows struck upon the river-drivers and mill-hands of this valley. [11]
She seems to think Faith must go with her face tied up, as if she had the toothache,--and that if she opens her mouth to the quarter the wind blows from, she will catch her "death o' cold. [6]
It is quiet there, and the air blows in on her through the open veranda. [10]
The wind blows there a good deal in the summer months, but then you can go over to Oakland, if you choose--three or four miles away--it does not blow there. [5]
The tent which the wind blows down is not fit for the architect's permanent residence. [10]
The bell in the tower began to clang, with heavy, relentless strokes --like physical blows from which she flinched--each stirring her reluctant, drowsy soul to a quicker agony. [9]
The noise of the toilers at the barricade and the crash of the blows of the battering-ram came up from just below, and at each thud of the engine the senseless man started convulsively and a look of intense pain crossed his face. [10]
While thus occupied, the room shook with rude blows on the door of the house. [10]
You understand what the public is, how it blows hot and cold, and in a few years they'll be howling to get us back, if these demagogues win. [9]
Indeed, the ruin, the lonely wandering which had been Jean Jacques' portion, had given him that dignity which often comes to those who defy destiny and the blows of angry fate. [11]
We--" Two of the little workmen were quarreling, and in buzzing little bumblebee voices they were cursing and swearing at each other; now came blows and blood; then they locked themselves together in a life-and-death struggle. [5]
The blows of the hammer actually hurt him, it seemed as if each one fell upon his own heart. [10]
Who blows out the gas instead of shutting it off? [6]
The recruiter escaped the first blows aimed at him, making play with his fists until he had an opportunity to draw his revolver. [5]
At the word, the deluge of blows began, but before long the surgeon once more interfered--for the only reason which ever permits him to interfere--and the day's war was over. [5]
But he thought that he heard blows from within against one of the shutters of the ground-floor, which by Katuti's orders had been securely closed; he followed the sound--he was not mistaken, the knocking could be distinctly heard. [10]
The peasants say that a cold wind blows in late spring because the oaks are budding, and really every spring cold winds do blow when the oak is budding. [2]
For the meek suffer bitterly from these hurts; more bitterly, perhaps, than do the manlier sort, who can burst out and get relief with words or blows when the limit of endurance has been reached. [5]
He delivered three such blows as one could not expect to encounter outside the prize-ring, and neither of the men had life enough left in him to get up from where he fell. [5]
Nor will I stop to inquire, nor shall I hesitate, whether my blows shall hit the Republican leaders or their allies, who are holding the Federal offices, and yet acting in concert with them. [7]
But these pious sounds were frequently overpowered by the loud voices of the gamblers and revellers, by the blows of the hammers, the hoarse braying of the asses, and the neighing of the horses. [10]
The fine powdery snow was driven past us in the clouds, penetrating the interstices of our clothes, and the pieces of ice which flew from the blows of Peter's ax were whisked into the air, and then dashed over the precipice. [5]
It has a small flake of a seed which blows in everywhere and makes arrangements for coming up by and by. [6]
From one open shop came the sound of blows and vituperation, and just as the officer came up to it a man in a gray coat with a shaven head was flung out violently. [2]
He emphasized his resistance with heavy blows, while his Italian companion in suffering, livid, ashen-gray, with bowed head and closed lids, permitted himself to be placed in the litter without moving. [10]
The same observer remarks that rhinoceroses in fighting, parry each other's sidelong blows with their horns, which clatter loudly together, as do the tusks of boars. [1]
Here the chief's reflections were interrupted; for human voices, the lowing and bleating of herds, the barking of dogs, and the heavy blows of hammers rose to his ears from the oasis. [10]
There was no reason to think that the trouble was over, or that the special constables who had gathered close behind Gabriel Druse would not have to strike heavy blows for the cause of peace. [11]
A battering-ram was quickly improvised, and the thunder of its blows upon the door had so encouraging a sound that the spectators broke into wild cheering, and believed the merciful battle won. [5]
But the call produced no effect, for in the market square groups had formed on opposite sides, and blows and wrestling threatened to end in a sanguinary street-riot. [10]
The more they overwork themselves, the more exacting becomes the sense of duty,--as the draught of the locomotive's furnace blows stronger and makes the fire burn more fiercely, the faster it spins along the track. [6]
There warn't no other sound but the scraping of the feet on the floor and blowing noses--because people always blows them more at a funeral than they do at other places except church. [5]
One misfortune more or less matters little in a life which has been a chain of heavy blows of Fate. [10]
Is the painter of whom you speak an Alexandrian?--I pine for the open air, but the wind blows the rain against the windows. [10]
In the midst of the song cries were heard, and fighting and blows in the passage and porch. [2]
At the end of ten seconds each man had struck twelve or fifteen blows, and warded off twelve or fifteen, and no harm done; then a sword became disabled, and a short rest followed whilst a new one was brought. [5]
The cruel blows of fate which had fallen on Herdegen had not been all in vain, and the growing weakness of his frame warned him not to spend his strength and eagerness on new and ever new things. [10]
The hardest blows of fate had brought her--the proud daughter of a noble father--to a course of cruel humiliations. [10]
It blows over New England every few days, and is in some portions of it the prevailing wind. [4]
Scarce had the myrmidons of Michael Paw attained the front of battle, when the Swedes, instructed by the cunning Risingh, leveled a shower of blows full at their tobacco-pipes. [4]
Shall I bow my back and suffer blows and abuse? [10]
Thus with three mighty blows he would smite the nail home, which a weaker hand could not do with twenty. [10]
It is often mercifully ordained that the mightiest blows of misfortune are tempered for us. [9]
I remember the men,--scarcely what they said: Evan Shelby's words, like heavy blows on an anvil; Isaac Shelby's, none the less forceful; James Robertson compelling his listeners by some strange power. [9]
Even Douglas, our man, saw it all and was within helping distance, yet let the murderous blows fall unopposed. [7]
Every nerve quivered like the leaves of the poplars in her former home when the wind blows down to meet the Rhone, and she found it difficult to follow what Paulus said, and still more so to find the right answer to his questions. [10]
His blows fell like hail, and wherever one fell a subject went down. [5]
They have fled like cowards, after dealing the sorest blows, robbing of their dearest possessions those among whom they dwelt in peace, whose protection they enjoyed, and who for long years have given them work and ample food. [10]
Would you deal lighter blows rather than heavier ones? [7]
But scarcely was it in his hand ere the figure of the prophetess melted into the air like mist, which the morning breeze blows away. [10]
Nicholas went out into the porch to question him, and immediately after the elder had given a few replies the sound of cries and blows were heard. [2]
Where'er the ocean inlet strays, The salt sea wave its source betrays, Where'er the queen of summer blows, She tells the zephyr, "I'm the rose! [6]
They were engaged in packing and wrapping their goods, and in gathering, harnessing, and loading the animals, which could only be kept together by blows and shouts. [10]
The smoke blows in his face; he is grimy with ashes; he is altogether such a mass of dirt, stickiness, and sweetness, that his own mother would n't know him. [4]
She has had, in her day, to strike hard blows even for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. [11]
I feel as if I should like to sit down by the side of your big, warm chimney-corner, till the wind came along that blows out the candle. [11]
When the Gaul, howling under the blows, was silenced, Hermon asked, "So your mad thirst for vengeance also caused this suicidal attack? [10]
Conrad could see how they struck them under the rims of their hats; the blows on their skulls sounded as if they had fallen on stone; the rioters ran in all directions. [8]
She heard the house shake under the mighty blows of his hammer, and in imagination beheld him lay his curly head in her lap, and say he had found love and peace with her. [10]
The artisan blows his vitreous bubbles, large or small, to be used afterwards as may be wanted. [3]
He never blows his own horn-never makes a speech. [9]
Three fell at his blows, and then he drew back swiftly to the wall. [11]
I have see him stagger and fall from the blows I give him with the knife--the knife which never was found--why, I not know, for I throw it on the ground beside him! [11]
Very soon Stephanus heard the whistle of the leathern thongs through the stillness of the night, their hard blows on the springy muscles of the man and his son's painful groaning. [10]
Never again could he rise in the morning with a song on his lips; never again his happy meditations go lilting with the clanging blows of the adze and the singing of the saws. [11]
Each party within having numerous and determined backers without, is it not probable that the contest will come to blows and bloodshed? [7]
Because of the hard blows dealt him by thee, I went to make amends. [11]
Both of our good knights went down disabled; Joan's two brothers fell wounded; then Noel Rainguesson--all wounded while loyally sheltering Joan from blows aimed at her. [5]
Thick clouds of gnats followed these tormented gangs, who with dull and spirit-broken endurance suffered alike the stings of the insects and the blows of their driver. [10]
The word was given, and they plunged at each other as fiercely as before; once more the blows rained and rattled and flashed; every few moments the quick-eyed seconds would notice that a sword was bent--then they called "Halt! [5]
The leaves fall from the trees at my command, and my breath blows them away. [5]
The horses started, fresh shouts arose, blows from the whips fell on bare shoulders, now and then a cry of pain rang on the morning air, and the train of prisoners again moved eastward. [10]
Her hair blows free and her eyes are full Of the look that makes Heaven merciful-- Merciful, ah! [11]
The gigantic man felt physically crushed by the terrible blows of fate which had fallen upon him during this last wakeful night. [10]
Those on whom Fate inflicts so many blows rarely are in haste to spare others. [10]
Waiting, she is down in Cairo, where the orange blossom blows. [11]
A wild and disorderly struggle began with swingeing blows on both sides; prayers and psalms mingling with the battle-song of the heathen. [10]
I heard the desert calling; and I knew that over there, In an olive-sheltered garden where the mesquite grows, Was a woman of the sunrise, with the starshine in her hair, And a beauty that the almond-blossom blows. [11]
I heard the desert calling, and I knew that over there In an olive-sheltered garden where the mesquite grows, Was a woman of the sunrise with the star-shine in her hair And a beauty that the almond-blossom blows. [11]
Dion had merely dealt Caesarion with his clenched fist one of the blows which every one must encounter in the arena. [10]
Achillas, the general, dealt blows with his dagger as if he were skilled in murder. [10]
If he were caught he would probably be flogged to death; but he had had kicks and blows in plenty before he had got into the Emperor's service, nay; when he was brought to Rome he had once even been hunted with dogs. [10]
I stood close by, but could not tell which blows told and which did not, they fell and vanished so like flashes of light. [5]
A piece of buffalo on its way to town, and in the end compartment of the boat tallow and bear's grease lay revealed by two blows of the tomahawk. [9]

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