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.
  • The blackout was the third this month.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • There were no blackouts, no brownouts.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • What has the impact of the blackout been?
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In some districts, the blackout went on for more than a week.
    — Parth M.n., WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the blackouts are announced ahead of time, though not all.
    — Michael Holtz, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The blackout was front page news even before the child’s death was known.
    — Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Oct. 2024
  • There are no longer blackout fees if the event isn’t held at the Wolf.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • And there have been frequent blackouts.
    — Erika Beras, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Havana faces blackouts for up to 22 hours a day.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 May 2026
  • Both blackouts and gas lines across the island have grown longer in recent days.
    — Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Even with the blackout rule, people weren't coming to the game.
    — Chris Pugh, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Invest in blackout curtains and use an eye mask.
    — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 11 May 2026
  • The blackout exposed both the depth of people’s needs and the depth of their rage.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The blackouts haven't happened since.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The lights jump from blackout to full and back to black to punctuate the show’s two acts.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The question is whether the world will choose to listen, and see the blackout as a wake-up call.
    — Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Taliban have yet to comment on the cause of the blackout.
    — Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The risk of blackouts will continue as long as the cold weather lasts.
    — Naureen S Malik, Bloomberg, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Add blackout curtains, blinds, or shades to west and south-facing rooms that don't have them.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The blackout days were pretty black indeed.
    — Chad Jones, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Close blackout curtains, blinds, or shades to block the sun’s heat during the hottest part of the day.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
  • But then the blackouts started—power cutting out for days on end.
    — Niamh Rowe, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2023
  • His freezer thawed in the blackout, leaving a puddle on his floor.
    — John Leicester, Hanna Arhirova, Sam Mednick, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2022
  • His freezer thawed in the blackout, leaving a puddle on his floor.
    — John Leicester and Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Get light-free shut-eye with Manta Sleep’s blackout eye mask.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • If the blackout and strikes mark a turning point, Tehran has options.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The blackout stirred terror — and fury — across the Gaza Strip.
    — Yousur Al-Hlou, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • This blackout sleep mask is comfortable for long flights and even works with longer lashes.
    — Chantelle Kincy, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026

black out

2 of 2 verb
  • Tonight the whites have chased all the blacks out of the area.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • The car windows are blacked out.
    — Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The entire page was blacked out.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The entire page was blacked out.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Maron blacked out in the middle of a squat stretch.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The names of those who filed the complaints were blacked out.
    — Janelle Walker, Elgin Courier-News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • But there was a catch—all the windows on the cars were blacked out.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Entire pages of photos are blacked out.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, those who have been blacked out will have to stream the game online.
    — The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Just 600 light years from Earth, a dark gash blacks out the stars.
    — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 31 Jan. 2018
  • In some of the photos, faces of certain women were blacked out.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The woman is fully clothed in all three photos and her face is blacked out.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The passenger blacked out, and woke up confused, with his hands numb.
    — Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
  • The woman is fully clothed in all three photos, and her face is blacked out.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But go to a Halloween store and get some gray to put in your hair and black out your teeth.
    — Vulture, 28 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • But sometimes even blacking out after long night shoots?
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 June 2026
  • But sometimes even blacking out after long night shoots?
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • The Petersons then went back to their canopy and both blacked out for about two hours.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
  • Nex said the girls started beating Nex and then Nex blacked out.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In the building a series of windows blacked out a number of the squares.
    — Dave Barry and Tom Shroder, miamiherald, 4 Mar. 2018
  • But more than 350 pages were entirely blacked out.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
  • If not, get a sharpie and black out the swoosh or any other company logo.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Her modus operandi is to pretend to black out at a bar and wait for a man to offer to walk her home.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Long portions of the video are either blacked out or with the audio redacted.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The Ann Arbor address is blacked out.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • In some cases, the faces of what appear to be older men were also blacked out.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The letter lists the number of the unit but has blacked out the address of the building.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • 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

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