How to Use block in a Sentence

block

1 of 2 noun

• The store is three blocks down on the right.
• We took a walk around the block.
• She lived on our block.
• Dean was outside the house in the 1200 block of East Allen Avenue.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
• If this block is at rest, then two things must be true.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• The pair would have driven up the block, turned down Broadway and been gone.
  — USA Today, 26 June 2023
• Charging suit-and-tie men and pantsuit women swarmed the block.
  — Gary Gulman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023
• But by the time a real Christmas tree has reached your home, it’s been around the block so to speak.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• That would put Blake Snell, pending free agent and Rays legend, on the block.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• The blast was so strong that it was felt at the fire house five to six blocks away from the auto shop, said Manning.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
• As Ehrlich relates in his book, Summer’s limo had stalled blocks away from the Shrine.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024
• The family now lives in a new building two blocks away.
  — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• He wasn't allowed to walk the three blocks to school by himself; his mother drove him.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
• The shooting occurred in the Landover area near the 7100 block of Sheriff Road, police said.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Police said the husband got out of the car to look for the dog and was run over by Gore, who then drove around the block, the outlets reported.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
• The result: 10 points, nine rebounds, a spectacular tip dunk in the first half, a clutch 3 in crunch time and a flying block with the game on the line.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• And even though a bike with no reflectors on the wheels was found less than half a block from Tim's house, Schnack says that doesn't mean anything.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2023
• In the past few years, the neighborhood has, block by block, building by building, improved.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
• Hoke said getting off blocks has been a point of emphasis in practice for the defense.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
• The bonds that built a tower yesterday can, at any time, cascade into a pile of blocks.
  — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Remove the seeds from your pumpkin and set a vase of flowers inside, or moisten a block of florist foam and insert the stems.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
• Libby Harris brought her 11-year-old son, Owen, to see the whale discovered just three blocks from their home.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
• Indeed, the house is just a block from the wealthy resort village’s main square, Place du General de Gaulle.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
• Long Beach police responded along the 100 block of East Eagle Street to reports of gunfire around 4 p.m. and, down the block, found a man shot in the chest.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Trees tower over homes organized in neat blocks on either side of a sleepy main street.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
• The bulky atoms forged by a neutron star dust-up block visible light and shine mostly in infrared light.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• In 2011, my husband and I moved into our first home, a small beach shack atop wooden stilts a few blocks off the beach in South Carolina.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• McArdle then told police two men dragged him out of the car and fought him in an alley on Southard Street several blocks away.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 31 July 2023
• Just blocks away, dozens of tents lined the railroad tracks — an encampment where some of the city’s roughly 1,000 homeless people stay.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• One time wasn’t enough for Future and Metro Boomin as the Atlanta rapper-producer duo are ready to spin the block again later this month.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2024

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block

2 of 2 verb

• His vote blocked the treaty.
• The entrance was blocked by a gate.
• The ambulance was blocked by cars in the road.
• The protesters blocked the road with parked vehicles.
• Could you move to the left, please. You're blocking my light.
• Several senators are trying to block the passage of the bill.
• There's an accident blocking the road.
• Blood clots have completely blocked one of his arteries.
• An accident was blocking traffic.
• That buildup hardens over time and blocks blood flow to your body.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 13 Dec. 2023
• Out of the nine right-wing sites, none were blocking GPTBot.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
• That’s why the big live oak at the cemetery is such a refuge, with nothing but a few pompous stones to block the breeze.
  — Bill Finch, al, 20 July 2023
• But the United States is again almost certain to block it.
  — NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Some of those are blocked by state courts currently, places like Ohio.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
• Some types of clouds block sunlight, while others can trap heat.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
• The 19-year-old arrived at the venue to find protesters, many of them masked, blocking the front doors.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Two field goals went astray, including one that was blocked.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• Opponents are also trying to block the project in the courts.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The calm scene is a far cry from the revving tractors and bales of hay blocking major highways just a few miles outside the city.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
• Many believe one way to help block the procedures for children is to change the age of consent to 18.
  — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
• Their effort to block the charges against them is pending before the Michigan Supreme Court.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2023
• Bonus: it's rated UPF 50+, which goes the extra mile to block and protect your skin from harmful rays.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 13 June 2023
• Once lower court judges blocked the federal policy, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
  — Anisha Kohli, Time, 23 June 2023
• Saturday’s annular eclipse will block up to 90% of the sun In a narrow path from Oregon to Texas.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
• But once the lawsuit was filed to block the meltdown, the museum waited until a judge agreed to dismiss the case.
  — Hadley Green, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Special telescopes All of the filters above will show the sun’s surface and any large features such as sunspots and the curve of the moon blocking the sun inch by inch.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
• Or worse, in the most severe cases, there can be swelling of the throat blocking the airway completely.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2023
• But Blewitt’s 28-yard field goal try was blocked by Noah Dawkins to keep it a seven-point game at the intermission.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
• Outside, a shuttle bus was dispatched to drive in front of the protesters in a feeble effort to block the noise.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• In some instances, brows were laid flat (ie: brow blocked) using a glue stick or special effects glue.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 2 May 2024