blotting out
Example Sentences
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Maybe we’ll really let things go so far that we’ll seriously need to consider blotting out the sky someday soon.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
He's previously said that his earliest memory was "a massive ship at the end of my street, towering over the houses and blotting out the sun".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
Wildfire smoke engulfed the iconic skyline of New York, blotting out the Empire State Building in a dystopian orange haze.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023
Smoke from massive Canadian wildfires has been blowing thousands of miles across the U.S., blotting out the sun and shrouding many cities in a cough-inducing haze.
From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2023
It was all she could hear before Juan’s thrash of electric guitar exploded across the song, blotting out the rest of the lyrics.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
