1
: causing or seeming to cause blindness : making sight difficult or impossible
a blinding light
a blinding snowstorm
a blinding headache [=an extremely painful headache]
2
: extremely or impressively fast
a runner with blinding speed
blindingly
adverb
a blindingly bright light
blindingly fast speed
Examples of blinding in a Sentence
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Indeed, both upgrades were attributed to soaking storms that dumped record rainfall and blinding blizzards across large swaths of California.
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Nodding in agreement were his sister, three nephews, an uncle and an aunt, all huddled under blankets as a fierce wind blew a blinding dust.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The blinding radiation is due to the black hole’s accretion disk, or the ring around the black hole where material gathers before being consumed.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
Considering all the fire and fireworks and lasers and smoke and blinding strobe lights and body-rattling bass, that really says something.
—Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
Privately, friends worried that the Twitterverse, and its algorithmic boosting of right-leaning opinions that accelerated in the wake of Musk’s 2022 acquisition, was having a blinding effect.
—Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Some attribute highway fatalities to the legalization of cannabis, others to the blinding LED headlights and distracting touch screens on today’s cars.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
Yet one physician became known for reaching these patients despite frigid temperatures and blinding blizzards.
—Paul Nicolaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Thanks to all the blinding white snow, ice, and seawater that's reflecting sunlight in all directions, sunburn is a serious concern in Antarctica.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Nodding in agreement were his sister, three nephews, an uncle and an aunt, all huddled under blankets as a fierce wind blew a blinding dust.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The blinding radiation is due to the black hole’s accretion disk, or the ring around the black hole where material gathers before being consumed.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
Considering all the fire and fireworks and lasers and smoke and blinding strobe lights and body-rattling bass, that really says something.
—Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
Privately, friends worried that the Twitterverse, and its algorithmic boosting of right-leaning opinions that accelerated in the wake of Musk’s 2022 acquisition, was having a blinding effect.
—Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Some attribute highway fatalities to the legalization of cannabis, others to the blinding LED headlights and distracting touch screens on today’s cars.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
Yet one physician became known for reaching these patients despite frigid temperatures and blinding blizzards.
—Paul Nicolaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Thanks to all the blinding white snow, ice, and seawater that's reflecting sunlight in all directions, sunburn is a serious concern in Antarctica.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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