Examples of blot out in a Sentence
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Nothing a shot of mezcal with the pucker of sour apple can’t blot out.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
But two shootings of US citizens and scenes of unrest in Minnesota are blotting out any hope of that.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Totality will last two minutes and 18 seconds as the moon moves directly between Earth and the sun to blot out the latter.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness.
—Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
But two shootings of US citizens and scenes of unrest in Minnesota are blotting out any hope of that.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Totality will last two minutes and 18 seconds as the moon moves directly between Earth and the sun to blot out the latter.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
News and weather reports record that smoke blotted out the Sun on one out of every three days, and sometimes sunlight never pierced the darkness.
—Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blot out
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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