blotted out

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

Within three hours, black smoke billowing down from the hills blotted out the sun as locals fled, streets jammed with cars, and anxiety turned to flat-out panic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

They even feared the apocalypse when the sun briefly was blotted out of sight.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

Fear blotted out the pupils in his eyes.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes