How to Use blotter in a Sentence

blotter

noun
  • Gently press the iron over the blotter for a few seconds at a time.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2024
  • At times, the reports read like the police blotter in any small town.
    — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 1 July 2018
  • These are delish, made better with a bit of blotter time (grab some napkins) to siphon off some of the oil.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • An oil or grease stain can be cleaned using paper and then a blotter with perchloroethylene.
    — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Curtains also have been added to absorb excess sound like a blotter.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Imagine, these players still go to class, stay off the police blotters, and shoot the lights out with the three ball.
    — Bill Lyon, Philly.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Constantin grins and pulls up the blotter that rests atop his desk, then pries a color photo from beneath it.
    — John Walters, Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2014
  • That’s because the grim statistics of the police blotter fail to tell the full story.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024
  • My father would give me blotters scented with dry, raw materials.
    — Felix Bischof, theweek, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, the makeup team stands by with blotters and handheld fans to keep the sweat at bay.
    — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
  • His desk was covered by a large piece of blotter paper listing hundreds of phone numbers, his version of a rolodex.
    — Jamie Padell, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Lift the iron and blotter periodically to check your progress.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2024
  • Shouldn’t the octogenarian hang up his quill and ink blotter?
    — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
  • White Album on some orange Owsley or orange sunshine or some blotter.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
  • It’s made of Italian leather and available in 11 colors and sizes, ranging from mouse pad to blotter.
    — Alejandra Bennett, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The police blotter reports in 2026 show no abatement.
    — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • For at least a decade, the local newspaper has included the arrests in its daily police blotter for all to see.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
  • On top of it sat an ivory paper knife, pens and pencils in a jar, along with a blotter, a gooseneck lamp, and his bulky Dictaphone.
    — Josh Ireland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • More like police blotter behavior.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Our newsroom subscribes to the Journal-Courier, and reporters were able to search the archives and see the blotter items in print.
    — Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Some of Alabama's most bizarre stories come from the halls of political power, some from the police blotter.
    — AL.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Guglielmi said police are exploring ways to bring back the blotter minus names and other details that won’t run afoul of county policy.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The incident was listed in Metro’s daily police blotter the day after it was reported.
    — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Inside the house was mustard wall-to-wall carpeting and a gigantic Maitland-Smith desk with an ink blotter.
    — Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Privileged Rockridge hardly seems the sort of neighborhood that would generate grist for the crime blotter.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The plan is to publish an in-depth article every weekday while skipping some of the staples of local papers, like high school sports and a police blotter.
    — Katharine Q. Seelye, Star Tribune, 27 June 2021
  • In the beginning, Campion had to rewrite headlines from local crime blotters.
    — Author: Logan Hill, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2019
  • To get a feel of how the fragrances will interact together, spray them on a fragrance blotter or a blank sheet of paper first before applying them to your skin.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 15 June 2026
  • One by one the fragrance inside each of the six Bottega Veneta bottles was misted onto blotter strips for a first sniff.
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The arrest took place last Wednesday, according to the department’s police blotter.
    — Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023

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