blot out
Example Sentences
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And few things generate awe like watching the moon blot out the sun and plunge a sunny day into erie darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
As the moon prepares to blot out the surface of our sun in two weeks, it’s warming up with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday night or Monday morning, depending on your time zone.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
The moon was too far from Earth to completely blot out the sun, but will be at just the right distance on April 8.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
As the moon lines up precisely between Earth and the sun, it will blot out all but the sun’s outer rim.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
I had long had the feeling that this was the best way to “enclose” the reader’s mind in a new world, to blot out all reality except that which I was giving him.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
