blinkers

Example Sentences

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Hoping to improve Chief Wallabee’s focus, Mott will have the colt race in blinkers for the first time in the Derby.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

On Saturday evening, Owen Farrell - so forward-focused he might as well be in blinkers - may finally allow himself to reflect.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022

That, plus the addition of blinkers, is not enough to help him here.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

“Them blinkers make him think people is little?”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith