Example Sentences

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"Blotted out", applied both to "man's image and his cry", is a phrase that could be associated with pens and writing.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2010

“There are now. I was exiled. Forgotten. Blotted out as if I never existed.”

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

Awful is thy ocean-wrath, And none can chart thy shoals When storm unassuaging hath Blotted sun and planet-path.

From Many Gods by Rice, Cale Young

Blotted out for a moment, the old traditions had resumed their sway.

From The Crowd; study of the popular mind by Le Bon, Gustave

Outward and visible indication of the plan within, The complex, manifold involvedness of an individual creature Blotted out On this small bird, this rudiment, This little dome, this pediment Of all creation, This slow one.

From Tortoises by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)