blotted
Example Sentences
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Dozens queued on a pontoon at Fourka waiting to flee as smoke blotted out the sky over the resorts, according to images broadcast by ERT.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
As for Rose, bogeys on 17 and 18 blotted an otherwise excellent round.
From BBC ● May 19, 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
Anatole took one of Mother’s cloth napkins and blotted his face.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
