body blow
nounDefinition of body blow
1
: a blow to the body
2
: a damaging or deeply felt blow
an economic body blow
Examples of body blow in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The Pac-12 took some body blows last weekend, starting with Oregon’s loss to Auburn. — oregonlive, "Oregon, Oregon State and Portland State all lost, but PSU had the weekend’s best performance: Issues & Answers," 2 Sep. 2019 Oliver’s Red Flash beat Lehigh 14-13 win, but the Mountain Hawks certainly threw a couple of body blows. — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, "Watch Oregon punter put Auburn returner in headlock, while Lehigh’s punter gets body slammed," 31 Aug. 2019 The two fought for position down low, often exchanging body blows and hard fouls. — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, "Fever earn dominant win over Aces, keep slim playoff hopes alive," 27 Aug. 2019 The agreement appears to save the essence of a hometown newspaper whose demise represents yet another body blow to a community pummeled for decades by job losses, poverty and a shrinking population. — Mark Gillespie, Cincinnati.com, "Unusual deal keeps a shrinking Ohio city's newspaper going," 26 Aug. 2019 But Epstein’s death is also a body blow to the public trust. — Leonard Pitts Jr - Miami Herald, The Mercury News, "Pitts: Jeffrey Epstein’s death is a body blow to the public trust," 16 Aug. 2019 Relationships like the one that swirled around Fravel damages that critical end goal for a sport that seems more than happy to deal itself continual body blows. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Conflict of interest in group linked to CHRB, Stronach Group, Breeders’ Cup baffles," 6 Aug. 2019 That said, doing nothing would be a body blow to the Fed’scredibility. — Larry Light, Fortune, "Here Are the Fed’s Four Options for a Rate Cut—and How the Market Will React to Each," 29 July 2019 The loss of funding from BNDES is a potential body blow, with the bank having invested over 200 million reais ($50 million) in over 450 movies since 1995. — Ela Bittencourt, The Hollywood Reporter, "Brazil's Film Sector Up in Arms Over Jair Bolsonaro's Censorship Threat," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'body blow.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more