blotting out

Example Sentences

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In total, more than 1.7 million satellites could soon be lighting up the night sky, obscuring or blotting out the view of ground-based telescopes.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Interestingly, an early draft of the lyrics had the couple fleeing the city and blotting out the pressures of the world, an idea which eventually resurfaced in I Know Places.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Others worried about sunspots blotting out the Sun, the Moon crashing into Earth, worldwide floods, global pandemics that sweep across the continents, and even comets directly colliding with our planet.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

The hideous tank loomed over Carmen’s neighborhood, blotting out the sun.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis