blinders

Example Sentences

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The chief justice has seemingly worn blinders for life.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Which goes to show how even those who consider themselves “realists” can wear blinders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

“The courts are wearing blinders and just focusing on the plain language of the statute. It’s a textual analysis,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

We need to fight to preserve our right to see history clearly, without superpatriotic blinders.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025

He had returned to his work in 1946, to remove the blinders from the eyes of the black man in the wilderness of North America.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey