Examples of bowl over in a Sentence
she was bowled over to learn that she had a long-lost sister
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During my own visit to the Westminster eatery to check out the dish, I (a far less astute and seasoned gastronome than Yee) was equally bowled over.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
Gauguin initially wanted to go to Tonkin—at the 1889 World’s Fair, he had been bowled over by an exhibit of Khmer art—but his application for a colonial job there was rejected.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
After the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills crew — which features Hamlin’s wife Lisa Rinna, 62, — were bowled over by his spaghetti bolognese, an executive approached Hamlin about hosting his own cooking show.
—Logan Holland, People.com, 14 July 2025
After the Pacers also took Game 2, the Knicks turned the tables in Game 3 with a similar late fourth-quarter rally from a double-digit deficit that bowled over Indiana 106-100.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 May 2025
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
Gauguin initially wanted to go to Tonkin—at the 1889 World’s Fair, he had been bowled over by an exhibit of Khmer art—but his application for a colonial job there was rejected.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
After the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills crew — which features Hamlin’s wife Lisa Rinna, 62, — were bowled over by his spaghetti bolognese, an executive approached Hamlin about hosting his own cooking show.
—Logan Holland, People.com, 14 July 2025
After the Pacers also took Game 2, the Knicks turned the tables in Game 3 with a similar late fourth-quarter rally from a double-digit deficit that bowled over Indiana 106-100.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bowl over
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“Bowl over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowl%20over. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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