blot on the landscape
Example Sentences
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One complainant called the plans "a blot on the landscape" with another accusing the applicant of "considerable removal of existing hedgerow on the site".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
“Such investments will soon be stranded assets — a blot on the landscape and a blight on investment portfolios.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
“Such investments will soon be stranded assets, a blot on the landscape and a blight on investment portfolios.”
From The Verge ● Apr. 4, 2022
But like Bastion itself, the detention facility Britain has erected within its walls has become a blot on the landscape.
From Time ● May 30, 2013
The beautiful sham lake, forsooth, should be only an eyesore, a dismal blot on the landscape, like many others to be seen in the Sierra.
From The Yosemite by John Muir