How to Use blindside in a Sentence

blindside

1 of 2 verb

• We were all blindsided by the news of her sudden death.
• The quarterback was blindsided just as he was about to throw a pass.
• Taub said Wednesday she was blindsided by the email, and disavowed it.
  — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• But the book reveals that Jane wasn’t completely blindsided by the news.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• This news might have blindsided your parents, who reacted badly.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2017
• That’s the sort of thing this show does: puts drab-sounding ideals into action and blindsides you with the resulting loveliness.
  — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
• The Weinstein board has said it was blindsided by the allegations.
  — Claire Atkinson, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2017
• Newton apparently had no advance warning about this and was blindsided by this move just like the rest of the Panthers team was.
  — Scott Fowler, charlotteobserver, 31 Oct. 2017
• Mamadzhanova, who is fluent in Russian, said the shifting and unclear rules have blindsided her.
  — Alex Horton, Alaska Dispatch News, 16 Sep. 2017
• While kayaking off the coast of Namibia, one man was blindsided by a seal that leaped from the water and accidentally slapped him in the face.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 19 Sep. 2017
• And there was Miki in the third quarter against Leilehua, knifing off the edge to blindside the QB for a 12-yard sack.
  — Austin Murphy, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• The bumbling Washington brain trust committed another blunder, this time blindsiding a player who was trying to right his life off the field.
  — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• A year later, the moms are trying to manage the hectic Christmas season when each of their mothers blindsides them with extended live-in holiday visits.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• The attack blindsided the group, which had opted for analogue technologies after forgoing cell phones to avoid Israeli infiltration.
  — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
• The Browns claim they have been blindsided by demands from the city.
  — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
• The behaviors in our case were bizarre and would blindside us.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2022
• Young and the team were blindsided by what happened next, in mid-2016.
  — Patrick Flanary, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2019
• The 2016 season was blindsided by tragedy and bad luck.
  — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2019
• Feeling safe, Jem didn't use her idol and the tribe blindsided her.
  — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
• Zirkle said it was blindsided by the mid-harvest pay hike.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2019
• The move stunned Danes and blindsided the Danish royal palace.
  — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
• Girl Scout leaders have said they were blindsided by the move.
  — Mike Householder, Fox News, 6 June 2018
• At the time, the Antioch mayor said he was blindsided by the move.
  — Carter Lavin, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
• And while most of the world was blindsided by a run on the bank, Fortune spoke to one short seller who saw the writing on the wall months ago.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2023
• Oak Ridge was not the only area power to get blindsided late in the season.
  — Buddy Collings, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• That evening, Blake opened up about how he too was blindsided by heartbreak in his past.
  — Becca Kufrin, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2018
• Yet Richard is blindsided by this person who enters the picture in the first episode and doesn't seem to go away.
  — Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2024
• Which is why attempts to ban his books have blindsided him.
  — Michael Cavna, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
• The worst part of a breakup is when one person is blindsided — and in a true micro-romance, that’s never the case.
  — Daisy Alioto, The Cut, 9 Apr. 2018
• Rather than giving away where their decade-long love story takes them, consider only their first contact, when Almut blindsides Tobias with her car.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024

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blind side

2 of 2 noun

• He was hit on his blind side.
• The chasm between the blind side in college and the NFL is wide.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
• Making him the guardian of Tom Brady’s blind side is risky.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The big guy is back as the protector of Jones’s blind side.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• On the next play for Flagler Palm Coast, Roberts was sacked from the blind side and fumbled.
  — John Peery, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• The Jets could re-sign (Kelvin) Beachum and draft Jones to play on the right side for a year before moving him over to the blind side.
  — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2020
• Sandwiched in between was a Preston Smith strip-sack of Fields from the blind side.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2021
• He was immediately hit from the blind side and stripped of the ball by Reynolds.
  — al, 31 Oct. 2020
• Now he will be relied on to protect Stafford’s blind side full time.
  — Gary Kleinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
• And short of the blind side of love that happens to him in the pilot, hopefully that doesn't happen to him again.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
• The edge rusher to his blind side was unblocked because the left tackle didn’t move.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
• Emmanuel Ogbah hit him from the blind side in the second quarter.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020
• Darrisaw can do the job to help keep Carson Wentz upright from the blind side.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2021
• Still, the Panthers need someone to protect Darnold’s blind side, and Slater has the quickness and technique to do it.
  — J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• On the offensive side of the ball, the big bucks go to the big boys protecting their quarterback's blind side.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• The new leader up front is junior Evan Neal, who may shift from right tackle to Young's blind side.
  — USA Today, 16 Apr. 2021
• The position to protect Herbert’s blind side is Slater’s to lose.
  — oregonlive, 3 May 2021
• On a blitz from the front-side, his technique is different than a blitz on the quarterback’s blind side.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
• On fourth-and-game, Colts linebacker Jabaal Sheard got to Savage’s blind side, stripped the ball and preserved the victory.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2017
• Smith said, a left-handed QB for which Staley was blocking his blind side.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2020
• Sexton got his second try of the game right on the halftime buzzer, fed quickly by Murray on the blind side from a close-range scrum.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2019
• In a game where big mistakes are likely the only way to get beat, Fisher has to be able to protect Wentz’s blind side.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2022
• For the last three years, Cosmi has protected Ehlinger’s blind side as the starting left tackle.
  — Marcus Krum, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
• As soon as doctors clear me, my plans include blocking #17’s blind side all the way to Miami.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• The new plan seems to be installing Jawaan Taylor, who signed a four-year, $80 million contract, on Mahomes' blind side.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• But Brian George received a personal foul for a blind side block in the end zone to give Vanderbilt a safety to cut the lead to 7-5.
  — Kristie Rieken, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
• So far, the coaching staff hasn’t used Wynn at anywhere but the left tackle spot, which is charged with protecting Tom Brady’s blind side.
  — Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• For nearly a decade, Smith gave the franchise fiscal clarity on its blind side.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Actions are more instructive about a team’s intentions than words, and the release of Leno, 29, means Jenkins could be the Week 1 starter on the blind side.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2021
• Rodgers’ day ended when he was touched for a would-be sack (the play was whistled dead, of course) by edge rusher Brian Burns, who barreled in from the quarterback’s blind side.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024