blanketed

past tense of blanket

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of blanketed And on a Thursday afternoon blanketed in wildfire smoke, a small crowd gathered to see one in particular. Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 27 July 2026 Pompeii is often thought of as an undisturbed time capsule, a once-bustling port that fell silent after Mount Vesuvius erupted and blanketed the ancient Roman city with a thick layer of ash in AD 79. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 East Rutherford was hit with heavy thunderstorms Saturday, which helped knock down the hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires that had blanketed the tristate area for days. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026 When the desert cools and the sky is blanketed with stars, night-blooming cacti fill the air with their creamy, white floral scent. Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 18 July 2026 Much of the Midwest and East Coast, including major cities like New York, has been blanketed in smoke and dangerously poor air quality for days. Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The park announced the closure amid hazardous air quality conditions in Pittsburgh as smoke blanketed Pennsylvania and much of the Midwest and Northeast. Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Large sections of the ceiling were destroyed, blackened and charred, while the floor and tables below, some still with beer bottles on them, were blanketed in ash and debris. ABC News, 13 July 2026 The lower Hudson River was, for a few hours, blanketed in billowing fabric. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketed
Verb
  • Shag carpet covered original terra-cotta floors, high-gloss paint coated nearly every wooden surface and overgrown weeds crowded the yard.
    R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Flip the block of cheese so both sides are coated in the oil.
    Kate Williams, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The sign concealed a smaller building that was a holdout on the corner of West 34th Street and Broadway when Macy's was built in the early 1900s.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Nils Seval is a surf instructor, but this week he's been spraying down flareups that emerge from blazes still smoldering underground even in areas where big flames have been extinguished.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • The fire was extinguished, and crews assisted with overhaul operations and removed affected equipment.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • The period covered by the data release followed a historic global oil shock set off by the Middle East conflict.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • This is different from a total lunar eclipse, which happens when the entire moon is covered by our planet's shadow.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Long hitters may be tempted to attack the green in two, but the uphill second shot played to a partially obscured putting surface—demands both precision and exceptional ball-striking.
    Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.
    John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • Tunick’s lawyers have filed a motion with the court asking that all evidence from the interrogation, including the use of the duress code, be suppressed due to violation of his constitutional rights.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • Paul got his wish when the Cavs swapped Garland for Harden despite Garland’s suppressed trade value.
    Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 25 July 2026

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“Blanketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanketed. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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