Blinkering

She had twirled the phone cord around her finger as Dr. Schwarman spoke, her comprehension blinkering in the midst of his German-English hybrid verbiage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For in the further moral as well as syllabic riptide of this seductive fixation, such a blinkering "gaze" envelopes the oblivious couple, only ❋ Unknown (2008)

How can one not mock the self-same ideological blinkering that renders so many incapable of even concieving that their scraps of holy writ, their sacred idols of moral authority -- Bible, Constitution, TV Weekly -- might not be universally recognised as worthy of servile reverence? ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

Leaving aside the blinkering effect it has on congressional oversight, too much secrecy impedes the routine functioning of the executive branch, by making useful information difficult for many government employees to see. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This is a company which is not a fly by night small company, it is listed on a global exchange, global investor – they are supposed to be following US GAAP norms etc and quarter after quarter they keep blinkering all their investors and none of us find out till the promoter one fine day decides to confess. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2009)

Ronnie, how comfortable is your blinkering bunker? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Spitzer has advised there is a contagion of tunnel vision on wall street and in the fed, a blinkering self-interest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Evolution, uniformitarianism and atheism are woven from the same cloth - and paradoxically one of which the woop and warf are often highly anti-empirical (see wiki on Missoula flood for one recent example of blinkering). ❋ Unknown (2008)

If not, I wonder why - they both have important lesson for the blinkering dangers of evolutionary assumptions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here is the flip side of the restitution debate -- the blinkering of the public to enforce a particular cultural identity, the desire to assert an acceptable, native culture and to exclude the dominant Western one. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Is blinkering one's eyes and pretending all is well true hope? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The other side of this warning is an intriguing positive: that there is a way we can pay attention to the world that allows us to "see around" our blinkering conceptualizations, to see what is of value that we have missed, to move with the grain of things. ❋ Wong, David (2005)

Constitutional expert Prof Marinus Wiechers said on Tuesday he was concerned the government's reconstruction and development programme could become an ideological "mask", blinkering it from reality. ❋ Unknown (1994)

The strong discipline is admirable, even if blinkering out reality in favor of fantasy has no practical purpose on the ground. pftp: ❋ Grandpaw (2010)

I was blinkering, so I could [get into] the next [lane] on the [freeway]. ❋ Damien Stone (2011)

Johnny: Dude, I just hit a fucking [blinker] on my pen. Jason: [Fuck bro], are your [lungs] ok? ❋ X23Hailway (2018)

“bro let me take [a blinker]” “nah man i don’t have that much oil left for you to be taking [blinkers]” “ugh i have to stop taking blinkers, i’m so high” “[i can’t even] take a blinker, i just start coughing” ❋ Computerboy (2021)

Non-L.A. Driver: I wouldn't have hit your car if I had [known you] were trying to get into my lane! Why didn't you use [a blinker]?! L.A. Driver: Well, geez! You can't expect my Audi to have EVERY new feature. Non-L.A. Driver: (glares [disbelievingly]) ❋ ASilentHero (2011)

[Damnn] [sarah], your blinkers are on. [hey] ❋ Ligma0021 (2021)

[Blinkered] people believe that [George Bush Jr]. is [a good person]. ❋ Ikilled50cent (2005)

Mary was driving so fast she didn't turn on her [left turn] blinker until she was [just a few] [yards] from the corner. ❋ Richard Black (2005)

When your dad wants you to [turn on] the [blinker] while driving. So he says: [Blinker] it. This moment of [bonding] can truly never be forgotten! ❋ XcaliburXtreme (2022)

One of the most famous racehorses of all time, [Secretariat], [wore] [blinkers] in all of his races. ❋ FusaichiPegasusK (2005)

[People] who [buy] ipods are so blinkered. ❋ Jonny Cottingham (2005)