How to Use blind spot in a Sentence

blind spot

noun
  • When driving on the highway, you need to make sure no one is in your blind spot before changing lanes.
  • She has a blind spot concerning her son's behavior.
  • The sightlines are wide open over the shoulder with no blind spots at the side mirrors.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • That growing blind spot played an important role in Harris' loss.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Compounding that blind spot is the way the rest of press takes its cues from the NYT.
    Graham Vyse, New Republic, 8 Feb. 2018
  • This astrological placement sheds light on your intrinsic gifts, as well as your blind spots.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Digging into assumptions opens the door to fresh perspectives and helps identify blind spots.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Big rig drivers also have several blind spots to contend with so that’s another reason for being more cautious.
    Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Also included on our LT Leather model were rear park assist, rear cross-traffic alert, and lane-change alert with blind spot alert.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The steady rise has befuddled some veteran traders who say it can't be explained by traditional metrics and could leave the economy exposed to blind spots.
    The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 31 Dec. 2017
  • While the lane-changing and crash-avoidance lights work excellently and flash when another car is in the considerable blind spot, swerving through traffic can feel a bit like flying blind.
    Bloomberg.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • There is little variation in visibility among vehicles tested here, with the exception of the Toyota Prius and its large rear blind spot.
    Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Popping for the premier grade also gets the buyer sensors and warning features for front and rear parking, lane departure, blind spot rear cross traffic alert and low-speed forward auto braking are standard.
    Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • This versatile tool, in conjunction with a laser device, reveals the width and location of roof-pillar visibility obstructions (blind spots).
    Chris Amos, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Spikes on commercial vehicles, like 18-wheelers, also serve to warn other drivers of their proximity, especially in the trucks' blind spots.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
  • For one, this has to do with a blind spot in ICMR’s own study.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The right side of the vehicle has a much greater blind spot than the left.
    Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Benavidez, 52, was caught in one of the haul truck’s blind spots and crushed to death.
    Mark Olalde, AZCentral.com, 26 June 2019
  • There could be a blind spot where fine print is concerned.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Martinez drew her detailed maps of the prison: the yards, the dorms, the blind spots, Needle Park, and Lovers’ Lane.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
  • One look at the broad wrap of roof at the rear pillars and hatch lid and critics point to blind spots.
    (james Halfacre), San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
  • Always keep other skiers in mind, and don’t stand in a blind spot.
    Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Move your hand back and forth out of the blind spot, or simply take your eyes away from the lens, and the spell is broken.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2020
  • This crisis has revealed a huge blind spot for many of us.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Police say bike was in truck driver’s blind spot as the truck turned right.
    Joseph A. Gambardello, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
  • And then that has been a blind spot that the greater Utah community has had.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • If the answer is yes, then that means our current search for life has a huge blind spot.
    Kiona N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
  • In-dash alarms are available to warn of people in a bus driver’s blind spot.
    Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Yet chief among the blind spots in climate models is the stability of the ice at the bottom of the world.
    Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2018
  • Chark hasn't been afraid to talk about mental health, which used to be a blind spot for many NFL players.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2022

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