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How to use blindside in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Blindside means a driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver. Example: “The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.”

Examples of blindside by meaning

nounThe space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare...

  • Showing no ill-effects from her lay-off, the full-back had already beaten three defenders on a jagging kick return, when she was sprung down the blindside a minute later.2025 September 20, Mike Henson, “Kildunne stars as England see off France to make final”, in BBC Sport

nounThe blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6.

  • The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.

verbTo attack (a person) on their blind side.

  • The robbers crept out of the forest and blindsided the traveller.
  • What isn't so gimmicky is the Aggro System, where you draw fire onto yourself by acting aggressive, while your partner sneaks off blindsiding distracted enemies.2008 April, GameAxis Unwired, page 54

verbTo catch off guard; to take by surprise.

  • He had completed his plan to develop a new office building, but was blindsided by the sudden drop in real estate values.
  • She felt blindsided and hurt.2021 August 20, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Who Gets the L.L.C.? Inside a Silicon Valley Billionaire’s Divorce.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • But when they did arrive at 9am on Thursday, they were still able to blindside the Chelsea hierarchy.2022 March 11, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian

More sentences with blindside

  • This, as we shall see, is one of the easiest ways for us to be blindsided.2012, Jonathan Gifford, Blindsided: Is our irrational behaviour actually rational?, page 4. From the entry blindsider
  • Even more so than religion, even rational skeptical apistevists can suddenly become blindsided by the passionate fury of politics.2018 October 30, Oxyaena, “OT-ish: A Thought Experiment”, in talk.origins (Usenet). From the entry apistevist
  • The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog.2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in…. From the entry ouster
  • I think some of the distractions and some of the ferocity was — I was a little blindsided by on a personal level,” she said.2017 June 12, Betsy Klein, quoting Ivanka Trump, “Ivanka Trump: ‘There is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting’”, in CNN…. From the entry intensity
  • Spinning backside or blindside means you're turning the same way you would for a toeside turn (clockwise for regulars and counterclockwise for goofies).1994, Jeff Bennett, Scott Downey, “Satisfying that Jib-bonk Urge: Freestyle”, in The Complete Snowboarder, Camden, Me.: Ragged Mountain…. From the entry goofy

Meaning of blindside

  1. noun A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
  2. noun A tram/train driver's field of blindness around a tram (trolley/streetcar) or a train; the side areas behind the tram/train driver.
  3. noun A person's weak point.

Full definition of blindside

Questions about blindside in a sentence

How do you use blindside in a sentence?
Blindside is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.”
What is a short sentence with blindside?
“She felt blindsided and hurt.”
What does blindside mean?
Blindside means a driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.

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