blotted
Example Sentences
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When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Until last Sunday, when black towers of smoke blotted out the sun.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
As for Rose, bogeys on 17 and 18 blotted an otherwise excellent round.
From BBC • May 19, 2024
Its funding sidestepped public coffers to keep clear of the kind of censorship that had blotted out “América Tropical.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Rivera was already there, his face blotted out by the lights.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
