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
There’s a packed house slip cordon, and a delay after just one ball because of a hole in the sightscreen.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2015
We would spend all day in the nets behind the sightscreen.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2013
Siddle, after reaching 40, his highest Test score, then hoisted the off-spinner Swann to Kevin Pietersen, who ran round from long on and judged an awkward catch well in front of the sightscreen.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2010
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 Irving W. Lande
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