although he's not the first person to blow his own horn, he's about the most obnoxious blower I've ever met
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Piedmont Park Arts Festival This long-standing arts festival brings out more than 250 sculptors, painters, leatherworkers, glass blowers, jewelers and more.—
Elizabeth Green,
AJC.com,
30 July 2026 Maybe the manager didn’t feel like flapping their arms to dry them, seeing as how the cookline handwash sink didn’t have paper towels or a blower.—
David J. Neal
july 24,
Miami Herald,
24 July 2026 Nearly a century later in 1978, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, a second Civil Service Reform Act was passed providing further protections, including for whistle blowers.—Literary Hub,
10 July 2026 Before heatwaves hit, have a technician inspect and clean key components like the condenser coils, fan, capacitor, blower, and refrigerant lines.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blower
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of blower was
before the 12th century