blotting out
Example Sentences
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He's previously said that his earliest memory was "a massive ship at the end of my street, towering over the houses and blotting out the sun".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
The moon will line up perfectly between the Earth and the sun, blotting out the sunlight.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Others worried about sunspots blotting out the Sun, the Moon crashing into Earth, worldwide floods, global pandemics that sweep across the continents, and even comets directly colliding with our planet.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023
Wildfire smoke engulfed the iconic skyline of New York, blotting out the Empire State Building in a dystopian orange haze.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023
With harsh and fearsome shrieking, the gwythaints circled around the cauldron, blotting out the sun with their black wings.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
