blotting out
Example Sentences
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In total, more than 1.7 million satellites could soon be lighting up the night sky, obscuring or blotting out the view of ground-based telescopes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Interestingly, an early draft of the lyrics had the couple fleeing the city and blotting out the pressures of the world, an idea which eventually resurfaced in I Know Places.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
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
