How to Use blurred in a Sentence

blurred

adjective
  • Well, there’s a blurred line as to whether these are dreams or premonitions.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Every year that goes by, the definitions of what is a particular genre get more blurred.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 5 July 2024
  • The ball fractured his left cheekbone, dislocated his jaw and left him with retina damage and blurred vision.
    Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Combined, these minerals give the stone an indistinct solidity, as if seen through a blurred lens.
    Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • These shifting priorities and the blurred alliances create a thick haze for players to navigate.
    Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Think of it like a primer/highlighter/Instagram filter mash-up with a silky dry down, a blurred finish, and a dewy luminosity.
    Melanie Rud Chadwick, Allure, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The Associated Press first drew attention to what appeared to be blurred lines in the photo of the letter.
    Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Makeup artist Nina Park created the graphic, blurred cat eye shape — topping it off with a metallic silver that gave a glossy finish to her lids.
    Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The video includes some strange moments, including mysterious blurred sections that may or may not be hiding something important.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The camera pans around the clearing, then whirls faster: transforming the glimmering afternoon light into a kaleidoscope of blurred color.
    Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 22 Mar. 2018
  • As remote work became the norm, the blurred boundaries between work and home significantly impacted employee mental health.
    Hassan Choughari, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Shared family vacations and weekly dinner dates didn’t happen without endless negotiations and blurred lines along the way.
    Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, Time, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Depending on how much toxin was consumed, symptoms may start within a few hours, and include trouble swallowing or speaking, nausea, trouble breathing, and blurred vision.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But the line between what’s official and unofficial is blurred beyond recognition in the Trump administration.
    Matt Ford, New Republic, 21 Feb. 2018
  • With Lizzie, that was me — those lines were very blurred.
    New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The drugs made me nauseous, pain meds blurred the world, and the ice wrap was just freaking cold.
    Nancy Richardson Fischer, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2018
  • The blurred headshot of a man flashed on the projection wall.
    Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The clip shows a blurred photo of the artist wearing a white tee and blue baseball cap and part of the audio.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The video began with blurred street lights beneath an evening sky.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • But there is a blurred line between Al Qaeda and the Taliban now.
    Fox News, 3 Oct. 2019
  • In short, the line between good and great is extremely blurred.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 24 June 2020
  • This can cause headaches, blurred vision, dry eyes, and even neck and shoulder pain.
    Simon Hill, Wired, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Robert had been on the IL retroactive to July 19 with blurred vision.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The lines between day and night, work and play, downtime and get-up-and-go time are more blurred than ever.
    Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 17 Feb. 2020
  • As such, symptoms can range from blurred vision to spasms.
    Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The Hype House just moved, the Sway House is losing members, and the lines between the two continue to get more and more blurred.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 9 June 2020
  • The latter provides the chorus, as Buddy raps about the blurred lines of romance.
    Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2022
  • When beautifully done, this string of quick, tiny, blurred steps is so smooth, the dancer seems to float atop her legs.
    Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
  • And because many of us still work from home at least part of the time, the lines between work and home can often become blurred.
    Alan Price, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • Frank turned to the window again, and stared at the blurred parallel lines of the bars that divided the outside from the inside.
    Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2018

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