blinkers

Example Sentences

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But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

On Saturday evening, Owen Farrell - so forward-focused he might as well be in blinkers - may finally allow himself to reflect.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022

That, plus the addition of blinkers, is not enough to help him here.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

To dismiss any role for biological factors is to don a different set of blinkers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

Things that had been out of bounds so far, obscured by history’s blinkers.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy