sightscreen
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The concentration of the pair was not even broken by two brief floodlight failures and a spectator wobbling a beer snake next to the sightscreen.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
If he was eager to crack on, he was not helped by a delay to the start of play when a lady in a floral dress stood behind the sightscreen.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
There’s a sightscreen about 40 metres wide in front of the dig trees, so he must have the eyes of a Boxing Day Sales shopper.
From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2020
Pietersen pulls out at the last minute against Ashwin because of a sightscreen problem; the ball actually hit the outside of the off stump, although India were never likely to appeal.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2013
His eyes flicked from the sightscreen to the sky ahead, looking for the telltale flare of rockets—ready to follow like a ferret.
From Slingshot by Lande, Irving W.
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