English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Block" in Example Sentences
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238909	Ken's really a chip off the old block.	CM
310803	She lives a few blocks away from here.	CK
2474296	Walk three blocks and then turn right.	sharptoothed
682247	The street was blocked by a huge truck.	Source_VOA
682432	The dam blocking the river is very wide.	Source_VOA
18675	Have you met the new family on the block?	Zifre
327161	Hey! What are you doing blocking the way?	U2FS
2474236	The child was playing with wooden blocks.	sharptoothed
681953	The road is blocked because of an accident.	Source_VOA
25665	A car lying on its side blocked the passage.	CM
292466	He broke up the concrete block with a hammer.	CM
65611	She lives a block away and her name is Susan.	CM
2537933	Tom tried to leave, but Mary blocked his way.	CK
57795	Go two blocks along this street and turn left.	CK
2640099	We're about three blocks from the train station.	CK
534676	The detective shadowed the suspect for four blocks.	darinmex
680384	The construction blocked the entrance to the street.	Source_VOA
72882	The path between the two houses was blocked by snow.	CM
290698	He quickly made friends with the new boy on the block.	CM
661257	Main Street was blocked off all morning for the parade.	darinmex
546772	Every author suffers from writer's block from time to time.	darinmex
252382	I put my fingers in my ears to block out the terrible sounds.	CK
25815	We had not gone far before we saw the road blocked by a truck.	CK
3150484	When I bought this house, it was the largest house on the block.	CK
31697	Walk three more blocks and you will find the museum on your left.	CK
329182	What do you do when you get writer's block while writing a script?	fcbond
329086	I considered doing something like blocking edits based on a blacklist.	fcbond
1970664	People were lined up around the block waiting for the theater to open.	CK
258986	I have lived on this block, and next to the same neighbor, all my life.	CM
267916	The minority party made a last-ditch effort to block passage of the bills.	CK
3148448	I can't believe you live right here in Boston only a block from where I live.	CK
329406	The checked player must find a way for the king to escape and block the check.	fcbond
847252	Such a person will often go a block out of his way to avoid meeting a person of the opposite sex.	Source_Benedict_1921
3009026	Tom had a mental block and couldn't remember his PIN number and, as a result, had to leave the groceries at the checkout.	patgfisher
241223	A building with high ceilings and huge rooms may be less practical than the colorless block of offices that takes its place, but it often fits in well with its surroundings.	CM