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
Then I noticed uneasily that some thick oily-looking clouds were blotting out the yellow haze left by the sun over on the Johore side.
From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Rounsevelle Wildman
Europeans were blotting out the life and well-being of fellow Europeans.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing
