white out
Example Sentences
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Moving slowly and dinging our bells to prevent collisions, the spectral silhouette of the temple appeared like Brigadoon, and we sought refuge next to an ethereal flautist to wait out the white out.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2023
STS causes the part of your brain that sympathizes with the misfortunes of others, if overexposed, to white out.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2022
In a flash of white out of the blue, a beluga whale has been seen at least six times around Puget Sound since Sunday, the first such sightings since 1940.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021
She asked officials to transfer Officer Calcaterra, who is white, out of her unit because she had concerns for her well-being and safety.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2019
Her classmates wrote with pencils, but there were no erasers—they used dried squid bone to white out their mistakes.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
