blocked-out
Example Sentences
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The work - of two elephants poking their heads out of blocked-out windows - was painted on the side of a house in Chelsea, before it was defaced with white stripes.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024
In Baghdad, I saw photographs taken that night showing the blocked-out bricks of cash on the scanning machine and the angry Qataris standing in the V.I.P. lounge, surrounded by black duffel bags.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018
A roar went up and the blocked-out fans craned their heads to see the tee, hoping that maybe, just maybe, it was Woods.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2012
Maybe Margo felt comfortable there because Margo the person lived like that all the time: in an abandoned room with blocked-out windows, the only light pouring in through holes in the roof.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
Early in the spring he removed to Serravezza, and resumed the work of bringing down his blocked-out columns from the quarries.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
