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Blot is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like spot or smear. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Related words

Blot | Blotting | Blotches | Blotted | Blots | Blotter | Blotchy | Blotch | Blotto

Blot meaning

  1. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
  2. A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
  3. A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.

Synonyms of Blot

spot smear smirch absorb fault error mistake stain mar defect blemish slur daub smudge suck

Related words

Other words often associated with Blot or its synonyms:

appearance imbibe spoil soil misconception vitiate impair grime deflower assimilate picture wrongdoing

Using Blot

  • The main meaning on this page is: A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. | A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. | A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
  • Useful related words include: spot, smear, smirch, absorb.
  • In the example corpus, blot often appears in combinations such as: blot on, blot out, be blot.

Context around Blot

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

northern 4× level 1× compassion 1× rorschach 1× serious 1×

Often after:

upon 1× diagram 1× researchers 1× image 1×

Sentence patterns with Blot

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

be a blot on the 2× was a blot on the 2× a rorschach blot a long 1× a serious blot on the 1× apartments that blot out the 1× be a blot but it 1× blot well and 1× considers a blot on its 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a steady stream 1× are they meant 1× at a press 1× blot well and 1× he urged the 1× in spite of 1×

Common sentence endings:

on the landscape 2× a stunning record 1× blot out there 1× by every generation 1× culture of maharashtra 1× david s rebellion 1×

Words around Blot

Just before it in the word index:

blossoms 157 blossoming 130 blossomed 158 blossom 297 blosser 2 bloss 8

Just after it in the word index:

blotch 7 blotched 1 blotches 21 blotchy 10 blotcky 2 blotner 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aarp 83 accretion 83 aerosols 83 affray 83 aki 83 albinism 83

Corpus analysis for Blot

  • In this selection, "blot" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, northern, level, compassion, upon, diagram and researchers stand out and add context to how "blot" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be a blot on the and was a blot on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blot" sits close to words such as aarp, accretion and aerosols, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blot

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Blot well and allow to air dry. (7 words)

It was the one blot on his copy book. (9 words)

So why blot out the memory of those monsters? (9 words)

Longer example sentences

A steady stream of out-of-state transplants to Big Sky Country became a deluge during the pandemic, leading to soaring prices, a boom in luxury apartments that blot out the rustic scenery and a rash of higher-end businesses like Whole Foods. (43 words)

Are they meant to obfuscate a fact of history that the BJP-RSS considers a blot on its past or are they meant to enlighten the students and to allow them to do further research on the topic, should they choose to? (42 words)

At a press conference on Thursday, Opposition Leader Mark Golding said the inability of the IC to certify the prime minister’s statutory declaration was a “serious blot on the country’s image both locally and internationally”. (37 words)

Question examples

Are they meant to obfuscate a fact of history that the BJP-RSS considers a blot on its past or are they meant to enlighten the students and to allow them to do further research on the topic, should they choose to? (42 words)

So why blot out the memory of those monsters? (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

It was about Africa: ‘The continent may be a blot, but it is not a blot upon our conscience.

Northern blotting main Northern blot diagram The northern blot is used to study the expression patterns of a specific type of RNA molecule as relative comparison among a set of different samples of RNA.

Pflügers Arch – Eur J Physiol, 439:R66-R67 Reverse northern blot Researchers occasionally use a variant of the procedure known as the reverse northern blot.

The results of a search provide the blot ID, species, tissue, gene, expression level, blot image (if available), and links to the publication that the work originated from.

Are they meant to obfuscate a fact of history that the BJP-RSS considers a blot on its past or are they meant to enlighten the students and to allow them to do further research on the topic, should they choose to?

Every time I come into the kitchen, I find a few coffee grounds to sponge up here, or a dried-up splatter of last night's red sauce to blot out there.

It was the one blot on his copy book.

Note too, David’s second request here, that God, in this compassion, blot out David’s rebellion.

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Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy have backtracked on plans for 3m high fencing which objectors say would be a blot on the landscape.

So why blot out the memory of those monsters?

The All Weather Championships at Newcastle on Good Friday proved to be the other blot on the star sprinter’s copybook when he refused to go into the stalls for the six-furlong renewal.

The Canaries are savvy operators at second tier level, with last season a blot on a stunning record.

The car explosion of October 23, 2022 on the eve of Deepavali at Ukkadam, Coimbatore in which a 29-year-old youth, Jameesha Mubin was charred to death, was a blot on the state home department.

The great Marilyn Monroe became a Rorschach blot a long time ago, the legacy of this complex and hugely influential person repurposed by every generation.

Uddhav’s speech at Nagpur was a blot on the political culture of Maharashtra.

A steady stream of out-of-state transplants to Big Sky Country became a deluge during the pandemic, leading to soaring prices, a boom in luxury apartments that blot out the rustic scenery and a rash of higher-end businesses like Whole Foods.

At a press conference on Thursday, Opposition Leader Mark Golding said the inability of the IC to certify the prime minister’s statutory declaration was a “serious blot on the country’s image both locally and internationally”.

Blot well and allow to air dry.

He urged the scheme be refused adding it would be a “blot on the landscape”.

In spite of that blot in his record, Manmohan Singh was widely respected by friends and foes and by those of us who read his works.

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Common combinations with blot

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blot" in a sentence?
An example: "It was about Africa: ‘The continent may be a blot, but it is not a blot upon our conscience." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "blot" from authentic English texts.
What does "blot" mean?
Blot means: A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
What are synonyms of "blot"?
Common synonyms of "blot" include: spot, smear, smirch, absorb, fault, error, mistake, stain. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "blot" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "blot", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.