1 Finally there came a night when the gale was so violent that the farm buildings rocked on their foundations and several tiles were blown off the roof of the barn.
2 The first had been blown down, or the village idiot, who always tore down what had been nailed up, had done it, and was chuckling over the placard under the shade of some hedge.
3 Whose billows blown by mighty storm.
4 The villagers were singing, but half their words were blown away.
5 One might have fancied he had talked it off; and that what was left, all standing up in disorder, was in that condition from being constantly blown about by his windy boastfulness.
6 Two or three lamps were rained out and blown out; so, both saw the lightning to advantage as it quivered and zigzagged on the iron tracks.
7 As soon as Richard's return is blown abroad, he will be at the head of an army, and all is then over with us.
8 But the day after, all the brilliant words seemed like dead leaves, crumpling up and turning to powder, meaning really nothing, blown away on any gust of wind.
9 A man's a poor bit of a wastrel blown about.
10 'He's spiritually blown out,' she said.
11 The woman has blown off an amazing quantity of poison-gas.
12 I believe in a higher mystery, that doesn't let even the crocus be blown out.
13 We really trust in the little flame, and in the unnamed god that shields it from being blown out.
14 Some were Maenades, with winy faces and blown hair.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country 15 When she was in a high wind her light body was blown against trees and banks like a heron's.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete