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
They’ve blotted their own copybooks by choosing to seek short-term relief at the expense of their long-term mission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
In an alternative pre-history, we might imagine those early gaze-following dinos continuing to evolve, unmolested by giant asteroids that blotted out the sun.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024
The mayor laughed twice and blotted his neck.
From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
