How to Use blast in a Sentence

blast

1 of 2 noun
  • She opened the door and felt a cold blast.
  • He was hit by a blast of water from the hose.
  • The driver gave a long blast on his horn.
  • The bomb blast killed eight people.
  • The cause of the blast is not known.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Make room for a blast from the past.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the posts were blasts from the past.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The flash of the blast was bright like the sun.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The blast led to a 78-acre blaze.
    Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • More blasts from the past are on the way … stay tuned.
    Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • No one was injured in the blasts.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Every day on that set was a blast.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • By all accounts it’s been a blast.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The father was killed in the blast.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The blast radius could be a half-mile wide.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Cutright’s son was injured in the blast.
    Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • The New York shindig was a blast.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Burleson followed with a blast to right field.
    ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Li was one of the seven men killed by the blasts.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Buds fall off when exposed to blasts of cold air or heat.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The blast ripped through her right leg — shredding flesh and bone.
    Raja Abdulrahim, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The two-run blast put the Mets down by 10.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
  • Anyway, for those who need their fix, here's a blast from the past.
    Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • The blast was Bowen’s only hit in the game.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The blast tied the game at 5 and took Strahm off the hook.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The video is dark but loud blasts and the sound of aircraft can be heard.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Sudden blasts of cold or hot air stress the plant and turn its leaves brown.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And Perez’s blast tied the game in the seventh.
    Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The solo blast tied the game at 2-2.
    Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • The driving nature of it is just such a blast.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026

blast

2 of 2 verb
  • The explosion blasted a hole in the side of the ship.
  • The rock has been blasted away.
  • They blasted the enemy plane out of the sky.
  • The judge blasted the lawyers for delaying the trial.
  • The mayor was blasted by the local press.
  • Workers were blasting rock where the new highway will go.
  • He blasted his rival with a pistol.
  • Human rights groups have blasted the government for its treatment of political prisoners.
  • A gunship blasted enemy headquarters.
  • And then doesn’t go off and blast him.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Any shine u see blast it in the face.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • Democrats have blasted the move.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Scroll on to shop these bug-blasting must haves and more!
    Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The sun blasts us from the left and warm air puffs weakly from the vents.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • McGuire blasted all the adults who were in on the hoax.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Tiafoe broke back and blasted his way to 4-4.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • And if the music is blasting above all that?
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • King has publicly blasted book bans in the past.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Vacherot blasted a serve and a forehand and did not wilt.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And that's when a shot blasts through the door and knocks Lena to the ground.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
  • But walls and windows had been blasted out.
    ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • The title race was blasted wide open.
    Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
  • Not a tree was cut or a stone blasted to make way for the building.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Now and then, a driver will blast his horn for what seems like minutes.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Plus, blasting through narrow streets can be fun!
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Pinnick isn’t built to blast over runners.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats blasted the request at the time.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Alonso blasted the game away with a go-ahead two-run homer in the third.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
  • These nozzles put out a sharp spray of water to clean leaves and blast away pests.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • As the front blasts through, not only will rain increase, but winds will, too.
    Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026

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