blanket

Example Sentences

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It felt like lying, creekside, in a spa robe wrapped in a blanket of chamomile and rosemary-scented fog.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Even if the harms are as devastating as some argue, it doesn’t necessarily follow that blanket bans will effectively mitigate these harms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Still, poppies — California’s state flower — blanket swaths of the protected land.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"But our observations suggest it is surrounded by a relatively thick blanket of gas, upending conventional wisdom about ultra-short-period planets."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

We all had full rucksacks, and a rolled-up blanket strapped on top of each of them.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo