Examples of 'crushing blow' in a sentence

Meaning of "crushing blow"

crushing blow: A metaphorical expression that describes a devastating or overwhelming setback or defeat. It is often used to convey the severity or impact of a negative event or circumstance

How to use "crushing blow" in a sentence

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And here comes the crushing blow.
The defeat is a crushing blow to confidence for fans and players.
The theft of the plans was a crushing blow.
Think of it as a crushing blow to a gender stereotype.
And strike a ruthless and crushing blow.
Huge crushing blow to them and they will suffer a hangover from this.
With a chance to deliver a crushing blow.
Satan wants to inflict a crushing blow to your head with doubt and discouragement.
But that enslavement is about to be dealt a crushing blow.
Defeat the opponents with a crushing blow and move on to the next location.
The injuries were all caused by one huge crushing blow.
Such a finding would deal a crushing blow to the widely favored hypothesis of a unique evolutionary sequence.
To not be able to play was a crushing blow to him.
And inflict a crushing blow on the Russians to save us all.
His death was a crushing blow.

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And a crushing blow for America in the race for space.
I never received a more crushing blow than that.
This result is a crushing blow to the government and a serious setback for the CCP regime.
Trying to get me to talk like it was this crushing blow.
Her death was a crushing blow to Carson.
My ongoing fight with the school board has suffered a crushing blow.
Joji gives the samurai a crushing blow to his throat.
A crushing blow to Hitler.
That news of his condition would be a crushing blow to your brother.
It 's a crushing blow for the king of the forest.
He gave me a crushing blow.
Whatever the reason, receiving a denial can seem like a crushing blow.
So it was a crushing blow.
Baal 's recent campaign was meant to be a final crushing blow.
Which was a crushing blow for Eric.
And the long arm of the headman shot out in a crushing blow.
Their defeat and exile was a crushing blow to the collective ego of the Legion.
I would have to say that would be the single most crushing blow of my life.
The discoveries of Pasteur dealt a crushing blow to the orthodox conception of spontaneous generation.
The loss of Bojan Bogdanovic is a crushing blow.
A second failure will deal a crushing blow to cohesion and inclusion in the European Union.
Every minute I am not conducting research is a crushing blow to science.
And strike a ruthless and crushing blow At the head and front of the trouble.
Russia 's nuclear strike would be a crushing blow.
He suffered a crushing blow to his self-esteem.
Nonetheless, the new diagnosis was a crushing blow.
And be met with the swift, crushing blow of our clenched fists.
Learn your enemy 's weaknesses and deliver a crushing blow.
It wasn't a heart crushing blow of love at first sight like in the movies.
His death in the Battle of Queenston Heights was a crushing blow to British leadership.
Automobile industry. in a crushing blow to the post-war everything has come crashing down.
Then came a day of revelation, on the heels of a crushing blow.
Such an implication would deal a crushing blow to… military and general public morale.
However, that same year they were dealt a crushing blow.
I am fully aware of the crushing blow this condition has on self-esteem and confidence.

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Examples of using Blow
This will blow over in a few days
Blow the whistle on the whole thing
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