Examples of blot out in a Sentence
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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At least eight people in Kansas and four people in Texas were killed in car crashes Friday when dust storms blotted out the sky and sent visibilities to near zero.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
However, few appreciate how dark the night sky gets when the light of a full moon is blotted out for a few hours.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Rob McElhenney may have been cut out of last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, but a previous acting experience of his blotted out from another film stung more.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
To European ears, it was probably blotted out by what came soon after:
Safeguarding European security must be an imperative for European members of NATO.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
However, few appreciate how dark the night sky gets when the light of a full moon is blotted out for a few hours.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Rob McElhenney may have been cut out of last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, but a previous acting experience of his blotted out from another film stung more.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
To European ears, it was probably blotted out by what came soon after:
Safeguarding European security must be an imperative for European members of NATO.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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