sightless

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

For a sightless artist—his preferred term—Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a remarkably visual performer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Possibly to save audiences from a similar fate, we were never permitted to see these terrors, leaving us as sightless as the movie’s scrabbling survivors.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

The sightless child knows the other children, all able to see, are there but is left to stumble around, using sounds and knowledge of the space they're in as guides.

From Salon • May 25, 2023

The species is among the first arthropods identified as having this ability, although researchers have separately discovered it in some sightless species of fish and shrimp.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 15, 2023

The sun of that world was shining into this, making Lyra’s hands golden, melting the ice on Roger’s wolfskin hood, making his pale cheeks transparent, glistening in his open sightless eyes.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman