blotted

Example Sentences

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When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Until last Sunday, when black towers of smoke blotted out the sun.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

He has already blotted his copybook with the inquiry's chair Sir Wyn Williams over a £450,000 bonus he was due to receive.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

Midway through her halftime show, the singer blotted her nose with her own setting powder, which saw sales skyrocket after the big game.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2023

It was good to be circled by hands that smelled of pine cleaner and to be blotted by her coffee-breath kisses.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia