blinders

Example Sentences

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The Rams need to play with blinders on.

From Los Angeles Times

It's easy to just look at what's happening on the field of play through — just sort of with blinders on, just seeing that one experience in isolation.

From Salon

Now that I'm actually treating it and taking care of it, I'm still the same me that I am, that I was before it, but I just feel like a horse with blinders.

From Salon

He’d written about Natchez in “The Quiet Game” in 1999, but looked back with “regrets,” having fallen victim to the nostalgic blinders of many white Southern writers.

From Los Angeles Times

If you're looking for a visual, imagine the horse that has the blinders on, and he's not able to have any peripheral vision.

From Salon