Example Sentences

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"On Saturday I was blacking in and out, I didn't know what to do," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

The Acton Town Council told the utilities commission in January that Edison was blacking out residents when dangerous conditions “do not exist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

"I was blacking out and fainting," Ms Davies, a tattoo artist, said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

He remembers taking a few steps and telling medical personnel he didn't think he could make it, that he was blacking out.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2014

Even the boy who blacked his boots felt that he was blacking the boots of a great man.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony