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Synonyms & Antonyms for blanket
Synonyms: Noun
cloak, cope, cover, cover-up, covering, coverture, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps
Synonyms: Verb
carpet, coat, cover, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet
Synonyms: Adjective
across-the-board, broad-brush, common, general, generic, global, overall, universal
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of blanket in a Sentence
Noun
It's going to get cold tonight so you may need extra blankets. a blanket of fog concealed the view of the harborVerb
Ice was blanketing the bay. The fields were blanketed with flowers.Adjective
a blanket amnesty for all illegal aliens a blanket ban on use of the chemical
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Created in just 36 hours, this remarkable image sweeps you into the world of a sleeping beauty, floating in a turquoise world and wrapped in a blanket that hints at the artist’s many trips to India. — Harriot Manley, SFChronicle.com, "9 must-see murals in downtown Sacramento," 22 Aug. 2019 Between the baby klipspringer antelope and the mating koalas, the first two episodes alone will wrap you in a blanket of warm fuzzies the size of a pup tent. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Beneath all the warm fuzzies, new Animal Planet series on San Diego Zoo an eye-opening look at conservation," 14 Aug. 2019 The post included a black-and-white photo of the boy snuggled peacefully in a blanket. — Katie Campione, USA TODAY, "Singer Alanis Morissette, rapper Mario Treadway announce the birth of son Winter Mercy," 12 Aug. 2019 There’s a victim — a lovely lady married for 21 years with three kids — who was murdered by her husband, who then mercilessly wrapped her up in a blanket and discarded her body in a dumpster. — Los Angeles Times, "Cops made a crime podcast to capture fugitive multimillionaire Peter Chadwick. It helped," 7 Aug. 2019 For one of the penultimate production days, the catering team provided a Christmas-type lunch with turkey, stuffing, roast vegetables and pigs in blankets with gravy. — Hilary Fox, Twin Cities, "Snow inside, but hot outside as casts work on holiday shows," 2 Aug. 2019 There, the chef Chintan Pandya takes the spicing one step further, coating the marinated chicken legs in a thick blanket of cracked whole cumin and coriander seeds before searing them in the tandoor. — Melissa Clark, New York Times, "For the Hottest Grilled Chicken, Double the Spices," 19 July 2019 The idea of sweating glasses of brown liquor on a Sunday afternoon while wrapped in a blanket of heat and humidity seems suffocating. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "Inside the calculated race to create the next drink of summer," 17 July 2019 They were flown back to Houston wrapped in a unicorn blanket. — Emily Foxhall, Houston Chronicle, "Maleah Davis to be buried in private service Saturday," 22 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Authorities quickly closed the forest, which is blanketed with Douglas fir and other trees, as wildlife officials hunted for the aggressive animal. — Washington Post, "Wildlife officials kill cougar that had threatened jogger," 4 Sep. 2019 New York City could get up to 3 inches of snow while other parts of New England and Pennsylvania may be blanketed with at least 6 inches of fresh powder by Friday evening, according to forecasts. — Jennifer Calfas, Time, "Winter Storm Riley Just Turned Into a Stronger Nor'easter Thanks to 'Bombogenesis.' Here's What That Is," 2 Mar. 2018 For entirely different scenery, hike the enchanted wonderland that is the Hoh Rain Forest, where ferns blanket the forest floor and moss drapes from giant evergreens. — Kristi Valentini, Redbook, "15 Family Vacations You Need to Take Your Kids on Before They Grow Up," 14 Dec. 2017 Security forces that blanketed the region remained on high alert after mass protests on Friday. — Washington Post, "World Digest: Aug. 17, 2019," 17 Aug. 2019 For decades, Israel depended on Russia and other sources for fuel, while its industries and homes relied on coal and oil power plants that blanketed its cities with smog. — Clifford Krauss, New York Times, "Israel’s Energy Dilemma: More Natural Gas Than It Can Use or Export," 5 July 2019 The Roots Standard concert smoke machines proved unnecessary Wednesday night as the thick fog that blanketed the lakefront created a dramatic haze throughout the BMO Harris Bank Pavilion as The Roots took the stage. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Summerfest 2019: Yungblud, Lauren Alaina and more of the best and worst from the side stages on Day 7," 1 July 2019 Fullerton, like Orange County, was once known for groves of Valencia oranges that blanketed its landscape and oil fields that lay beneath it. — Michael R. Blood, The Seattle Times, "Changing Orange County, California, gives Democrats hope," 16 Oct. 2018 So far, Mueller’s team has indicted 32 people, including members of a Russian company that blanketed social media with fake news stories and senior members of the Trump campaign. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "12 Russian intel officers indicted for hacking the DNC and Clinton campaign," 13 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blanket.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.