How to Use blanket in a Sentence

blanket

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  • It's going to get cold tonight so you may need extra blankets.
  • Workers wrapped the owl in a blanket and took it to City Wildlife.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Bring your blanket or low camp chair to enjoy the show.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • When it’s not attached to the cabana, the wall can be used as a blanket to sprawl out on.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
  • This is not some paper plates and some hot dogs on a blanket.
    Sarah Murphy, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Groups of friends and families claimed their spots on the lawn with blankets, chairs, food and pets in tow.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Shows run from 5 to 8 p.m. Don’t forget your blankets and chairs.
    Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • So you’re curled up on the couch with your fuzziest blanket and your fluffiest dog.
    Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • The reason Youngkin might resort to a blanket veto lies in the way the budget is structured.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Orders of $449 or more will also get a free throw blanket.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Abdul covered him in blankets and sleeping bags and piled on a layer of garbage bags to hold in the heat.
    Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 13 May 2023
  • Now their clothes and blankets were drenched, and Eric was shaking and starting to slur his words.
    Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 13 May 2023
  • Use of the room, which includes a futon and blanket, is limited to 20-minute slots.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 20 June 2023
  • The man was then covered by a blanket and escorted out of the store, according to AL.com.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Bring out your own kite with the family to try your hand at flying, or roll out a blanket and stare up at the show above.
    Clilly, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The blanket hoodie is designed to be unisex, so it can be worn by anyone, and comes it in one size.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
  • As a function of its thinness, this comforter felt more like a light blanket.
    Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Get your hot cocoa, warm blankets, cozy socks and cue up your favorite movies.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The remains were wrapped in a blanket that was inside a basket in a box, according to FOX 25.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Shop the blanket in other vibrant hues and sizes below.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • If lobster rolls are your summer must, this blanket is a can't miss for wrapping up in to watch the fireworks.
    Lindsay Silberman, townandcountrymag.com, 17 May 2023
  • Some lay on cardboard, covered by Mylar blankets, while others slept on the ground in just the clothes on their backs.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • The young husband and wife had held each other in the jungle, sleeping without even a blanket.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
  • If your hydrangea is on the verge of blooming, cover it with a blanket or tarp until the cold snap passes.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Keep scrolling for more soft and cozy blankets from Barefoot Dreams to keep warm this winter like Chrissy Teigen.
    Jennifer Chan, Peoplemag, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Do note that bulkier options, while doubling as blankets on the road, are not the easiest to pack.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2023
  • No more lying on the cold, hard floor or struggling to get comfortable on an old blanket.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • From oversized cardigans to fluffy throw blankets, there are so many great deals on fall must-haves at Amazon.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • This plush fleece throw blanket is the perfect cuddle companion that also looks chic on the couch when not in use.
    Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Folks from throughout the city and suburbs bring out their lawn chairs and blankets for the Chill on the Hill summer music performances.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
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blanket

2 of 2 verb
  • Ice was blanketing the bay.
  • The fields were blanketed with flowers.
  • No wonder the super-rich don’t tend to stop and smell the roses: The sky is blanketed in smog.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 May 2023
  • Dowdell carried him out into the yard, but by then smoke was pouring from the home and blanketed the area all the way to the street.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The small animal was blanketed by the darkness and hidden in the leaves — but not well enough.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Clouds increase a bit overnight and their blanketing effect takes an edge off the chill.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The brothers knew March was the best time to search out the deer antler sheds before they were blanketed by tall spring grasses.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Extreme weather is blanketing much of the United States as the weekend comes to a close.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The substance blanketed cars and homes throughout the city’s downtown.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • Or hike and mountain bike through the area’s dreamy valleys blanketed in soft green grass.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2023
  • This would be just one of many pits dug as snow continued to blanket the valley.
    WIRED, 29 July 2023
  • There's still plenty to do during the deep partial eclipse that will blanket much of the continent that day.
    Daniel Johnson, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • As the moon blankets the sun and casts a dark shadow over the Earth, scientific breakthroughs can come to light.
    Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
  • High tides and storms sometimes blanket sections of the route with shifting, powder-soft sand.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Parts of the region, in fact, were blanketed in double the normal snowpack.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Three of the worst fire seasons in the province have come in the last five years, and summer skies blanketed by a toxic haze of smoke are routine.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • The Seine’s banks are also blanketed with pop-up tables, as are rooftops with panoramic views.
    Liz Alderman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The sun came out briefly Sunday in greater L.A., where residents emerged to marvel at mountains to the north and east blanketed in white.
    CBS News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Earlier this month, smoke from the wildfires blanketed the U.S. East Coast for days.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2023
  • Swift was then snapped with Mahomes in a box seat taking a video of the field, which was blanketed by snow flurries on the cold December night.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Known as sargassum, the brown seaweed has the ability to blanket beaches as far as the eye can see, and the influx could persist for months.
    Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 1 May 2023
  • Three and a half years ago, smoke from one of the worst wildfire seasons on record blanketed 80 percent of the population.
    Bloomberg News, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • Today, warehouses blanket 20 billion square feet of the country, up about 20% from a decade ago.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The eruption throughout the day blocked out the sun and blanketed several villages with falling ash.
    Slamet Riyadi, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The discovery of nine log boats — dugout canoes as long as 28 feet — buried in the muck hinted at the vast wetlands that once blanketed the region.
    Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • On a field not far from Bloomington, a tractor makes laps sowing seeds for soybeans that will blanket the ground in lush green leaves in just a few months.
    Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 11 May 2023
  • As the six actresses translate her story, the projection of Shen blankets the stage.
    Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Kurkdjian beckons you to dream of a lush floral garden blanketed in snow, with notes of sweet-musky jasmine and ripe mango swirling in the air.
    Katie Chang, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The ranch also offers private skiing on a mountain that gets blanketed in snow and has 20 runs.
    Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • And after all that liquid reduces and the short ribs have slowly cooked to perfection, you’re left with a sauce that just begs to blanket a bowl of mashed potatoes.
    Inés Anguiano, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2024

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