blinkers

Example Sentences

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Back on the other side of town back near Union Station, two cars stopped at the station with their blinkers on during a Thursday afternoon stop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

On Saturday evening, Owen Farrell - so forward-focused he might as well be in blinkers - may finally allow himself to reflect.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022

That, plus the addition of blinkers, is not enough to help him here.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

Given our wings, our blinkers, it’s hard to look up, hard to get the full view, of the sky, of anything.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood