blot
noun
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
were blotting
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past progressiveof blot.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At the time, I was in California and there were these extreme wildfires that were blotting out the sky, so it looked like nighttime in the middle of the day.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
As a bookish adolescent I sopped up texts as if I were blotting paper and they were fluid.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012
The sky was very bright, yet not too bright for pleasure; clouds not meant for rain were blotting it in feathery spaces.
From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown
The sun was low in the west; purple shades were blotting out the gold lights down the valley; the day of the great races was almost done.
From Wildfire by Zane Grey
Europeans were blotting out the life and well-being of fellow Europeans.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing
