How to Use blackout in a Sentence

blackout

1 of 2 noun

• She keeps flashlights and candles handy in case of a blackout.
• He told his doctor he had been experiencing blackouts.
• Other upgrades may include a trophy room and blackout shades to sleep when the sun is still out.
  — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
• The points can be used for any open seat and do not expire or have blackout dates, but passengers must claim the points via a code in the email by March 31.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2023
• Sandy, with its extended blackout, had marked the beginning of the end of the nostalgist’s own Red Hook days.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
• Ornelas recalled one blackout from more than a decade ago that seemed to leave all of La Mesa dark — except for Sharp’s island of light.
  — Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
• There are two blackout periods in April and November, and all tickets must be used by Dec. 15.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Regional restrictions, blackouts and Live TV terms apply.
  — Rudie Obias, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024
• Easy to carry and store, the solar-compatible PowerHouse is ideal as an emergency backup during a home blackout.
  — PCMAG, 3 Jan. 2023
• The blackout stirred terror — and fury — across the Gaza Strip.
  — Yousur Al-Hlou, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• In some districts, the blackout went on for more than a week.
  — Parth M.n., WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
• The Reddit blackout was supposed to be a two-day event.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 14 June 2023
• Singh was still on the run as of late Sunday, and the 4G blackout remained in effect.
  — Shams Irfan, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• When the blackout struck, Ms. Hasson was getting a blowout at the hotel, and the blow dryer turned off.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• The bridge collapse was caught on video, where viewers could see a total blackout on the ship.
  — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• After all, the blackouts were a first for TVA in its 90-year history.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 8 Mar. 2023
• There are no blackout dates, but the sale is not valid for travel on Fridays or Sundays.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
• At the same time, the Fed has entered into what is known as a blackout period.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• But then the blackouts started—power cutting out for days on end.
  — Niamh Rowe, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2023
• Each room has a great view of the city and includes perks like rainfall showers and blackout curtains.
  — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
• The Dali suffers a second electrical blackout, this time about 0.2 miles from the bridge.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
• Here is a complete list of what to do before, during and after a blackout.
  — Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• The footage was widely distributed, and the news blackout was broken.
  — Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Nigeria was supported in the war by Britain, which had once ruled it as a colony, and the two countries tried to maintain a news blackout.
  — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
• Wilson suggests blackout curtains or rugs to help absorb some of the noise.
  — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
• The sale is not available for travel on Fridays or Sundays or during the blackout dates of Sept. 3 and Sept. 4.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2024
• The first blackout caused the Dali's engine to shut down and its propeller stopped, according to the report.
  — Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 14 May 2024
• Still, the blackout has also faced some backlash among other users.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 20 June 2023
• The attacks caused a blackout that cut off internet access for what was believed to be all of Gaza.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2023
• But muscimol is a sedative, so its effects can feel more similar to intoxication from alcohol—including potential blackouts at high doses, Leas says.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024

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black out

2 of 2 verb

• Its paragraphs are entirely redacted, every word blacked out.
  — Pascale Bonnefoy, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2017
• The woman blacked out again and was awakened at 6:30 a.m. by Witherspoon.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• To the brothers, the world appears as the sun does during an eclipse, blacked out in the center, and in their case, blurry around the periphery.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• The pair fought, and Coyle blacked out momentarily after being hit in the head, Dufrechou said.
  — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• The report on Watt’s travel was published online last year, but his name and key details -- such as his destinations -- were blacked out.
  — Elizabeth Dexheimer, Bloomberg.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• Leather trenchcoats and blacked out sunglasses have found their way on to recent Balenciaga runway.
  — Farah Joan Fard, Vanities, 5 Oct. 2017
• The name of the sender was blacked out, but the content of the email took the committee’s entire threadbare claim to any legitimacy at all and fed bloody gobbets of that claim to the wolverines.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017
• The names of other investors were blacked out in documents the Commonwealth Seed Capital released to reporters.
  — Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2017
• Tonight the whites have chased all the blacks out of the area.
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• The names of those who filed the complaints were blacked out.
  — Janelle Walker, Elgin Courier-News, 27 Mar. 2018
• Just 600 light years from Earth, a dark gash blacks out the stars.
  — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 31 Jan. 2018
• But there was a catch—all the windows on the cars were blacked out.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2018
• But notice how, when these guys are in the ring, the rest of the crowd blacks out around them.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2023
• The driver, a man from New York, blacked out at the wheel, police said.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
• But go to a Halloween store and get some gray to put in your hair and black out your teeth.
  — Vulture, 28 Apr. 2022
• To black out, then all of the sudden be told that two young children were killed ...
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2024
• Bony appears to have blacked out his Nikes around the back, choosing to leave a bit of shine around the front to catch the eye.
  — SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• In the building a series of windows blacked out a number of the squares.
  — Dave Barry and Tom Shroder, miamiherald, 4 Mar. 2018
• What differed between the building and the graphic were which of the white squares in the grid were blacked out.
  — Dave Barry and Tom Shroder, miamiherald, 4 Mar. 2018
• The Petersons then went back to their canopy and both blacked out for about two hours.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
• Instead, those who have been blacked out will have to stream the game online.
  — The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2023
• The game will not be blacked out in the Los Angeles market.
  — Jorge Castillo, latimes.com, 19 June 2019
• Union games will be blacked out, but there’s an option for the team to sign a deal to reverse that.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Nex said the girls started beating Nex and then Nex blacked out.
  — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
• As the film comes to a close, that final image of a child is blacked out with paint, and the credits run.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 30 Oct. 2019
• The pass grants a year of access to both Legoland and the Legoland Water Park with no black out (or block out) dates.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• The name of the child was blacked out in the copy obtained by The Associated Press.
  — Ken Ritter, The Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 2018
• Then in September 2019, Popham went on a bike ride, got lost and blacked out.
  — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• The first black out performance took place earlier this month.
  — Caroline Frost, Deadline, 28 July 2024
• The London Eras Tour stop coincided with the 7-year anniversary of when Swift blacked out all of her social media accounts and websites.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024