blanket

Example Sentences

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Donald’s wife, Erica, can still toss a wet blanket on fiery hearsay by posting a few well-chosen words on social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

After all, Albania is known to suffer from the chaos of ownership claims stemming from a messy process of privatisation at the end of 45 years of blanket nationalisation imposed by the Communist regime.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

You might reasonably assume this would leave the finished dish tasting as though it were yearning for a blanket of Gruyère and a broiler.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

And on top of that: fishing, boating, mineral extraction, and protection from underground toxins that could blanket Utah’s most heavily populated area and drive everyone away—not just from Box Elder, but from the state altogether.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

Avery helps herself to two pigs in a blanket and plops onto the edge of my bed, and I sit at my desk chair.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison