blanketing

Example Sentences

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Residents have posted videos on social media showing soot blanketing the city and complaining about the effects on the environment and their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Not if the Dodgers can come to trust him at the plate like they now feel secure with him blanketing the outfield.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer of white after air strikes on oil depots caused days of dark skies and black rain.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The winter storm is forecast to move slowly across the US, blanketing cities including Memphis, Nashville, Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York with snow.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

In its furnaces the power plant burned coal, and out of its chimneys black smoke poured day and night, blanketing the town with soot and making all the floors dirtier than ever.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien