How do you use Blindside in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like surprise or assail, plus the exact meaning.
Blindside meaning
- A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
- A tram/train driver's field of blindness around a tram (trolley/streetcar) or a train; the side areas behind the tram/train driver.
- A person's weak point.
Using Blindside
- The main meaning on this page is: A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver. | A tram/train driver's field of blindness around a tram (trolley/streetcar) or a train; the side areas behind the tram/train driver. | A person's weak point.
- Useful related words include: surprise, assail, assault, set on.
- In the example corpus, blindside often appears in combinations such as: blindside flanker, the blindside, at blindside.
Context around Blindside
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blindside
- In this selection, "blindside" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lock, ron, old, flanker, tucker and wyatt stand out and add context to how "blindside" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lock blindside hybrid and a major blindside. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blindside" sits close to words such as abbasid, abdicate and adapters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blindside
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ryan Baird is also a lock/blindside hybrid. (8 words)
And this week, she once again saw exactly who orchestrated Sophie's blindside. (13 words)
On 75 minutes Skins worked the blindside cleverly for Henry Keys to score his second. (15 words)
Young didn't get much help from his offensive line, as he was hit on three of his seven dropbacks, including a blindside shot to the center of his back from 293-pound defensive tackle on his first pass attempt. (40 words)
Perenara is replaced at scrumhalf by Cortez Ratima, who gets only his second start for the All Blacks, while Wallace Sititi, who made his debut in July, takes the place of Blackadder on the blindside of the scrum. (38 words)
The New Zealander could decide to go with Taine Basham at blindside to provide more of a carrying option or he could opt for the athleticism of Tshiunza who would provide some size at number six. (36 words)
They get right to calling the champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn down, and after a bit of taunting they blindside their would-be challengers from behind! (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aaron Wainwright moves across from blindside flanker to fill the void at number eight created by Faletau’s injury, while skipper Jac Morgan takes the number six shirt.
Ashley could blindside Tucker and leave him vulnerable since there are still some intense feelings between them despite all the chaos.
Blindside Wyatt Shanks was tenacious on defence and got across the line for a try, while Booth controlled the match nicely.
But mistakes happen for every offensive lineman, especially freshmen who log 349 snaps on the blindside.
He tells Izzy that he’s learned a lot from this blindside, and he wants mercy: “Whoever saves me, if there is saving to be had, I can let bygones be bygones,” he tells her.
Peter O'Mahony has been such a presence for Munster and Ireland in that blindside role for over a decade now.
Ryan Baird is also a lock/blindside hybrid.
This season gives us salty Kelley Wentworth, Wendy setting the chickens free, the Ron blindside, and that montage of Aubry using the same tired lines to cull up an alliance before being blindsided.
Young didn't get much help from his offensive line, as he was hit on three of his seven dropbacks, including a blindside shot to the center of his back from 293-pound defensive tackle on his first pass attempt.
Chukwuma Okorafor, Vederian Lowe and Caedan Wallace each have started one game on the blindside, and none of them looked like a moving forward.
Mitchell is looking for a younger group to come through in the back row and the 21-year-old blindside flanker is very much in the mix for a debut early in the tournament.
On 75 minutes Skins worked the blindside cleverly for Henry Keys to score his second.
Perenara is replaced at scrumhalf by Cortez Ratima, who gets only his second start for the All Blacks, while Wallace Sititi, who made his debut in July, takes the place of Blackadder on the blindside of the scrum.
Sol, Genevieve and Teeny are so snowed by things, that is the mistake you make when it comes to “Survivor” trusting people after a major blindside.
Strong moseyed in for a blindside knee strike, but Trent intercepted the hit to save Cassidy.
The New Zealander could decide to go with Taine Basham at blindside to provide more of a carrying option or he could opt for the athleticism of Tshiunza who would provide some size at number six.
The Wallabies’ attacking playbook is being written gradually, and this blindside move from a scrum, executing a clever use of the 50-22 kick, shows there is the potential to surprise even the most miserly defences.
They get right to calling the champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn down, and after a bit of taunting they blindside their would-be challengers from behind!
And this week, she once again saw exactly who orchestrated Sophie's blindside.
As England brought on their replacements (including Tom Dunn and the Ollies, Thorley and Lawrence, for their debuts), Tom Curry jinked downthe blindside to score, securing the bonus point with 13 minutes to go.
Common combinations with blindside
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- blindside flanker 10×
- the blindside 9×
- at blindside 5×
- blindside and 4×
- for blindside 3×
- to blindside 3×
- could blindside 2×
- this blindside 2×
- blindside to 2×
- blindside was 2×