How to Use around the block in a Sentence

around the block

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• The dogs have a jaunty gait and are always up for a walk around the block.
  — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 28 July 2026
• Portugal are one of those elite sides who have been frequently directed around the block rather than through it.
  — Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026
• The days of driving around the block endlessly to find a spot or risking a ticket for double parking will be long gone.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2019
• Hillary Clinton had a line around the block on Forbes Avenue in 2016.
  — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
• After school, encourage movement, whether that means the playground, a walk around the block or a bike ride before homework starts.
  — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
• Even gentle exercise, like taking a walk around the block, is often enough to notice a difference.
  — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 20 July 2026
• The museum gets millions of visitors a year, and lines for major exhibitions can circle around the block.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
• Little Man closes at midnight in the summer and regularly has lines wrapping around the block late into the night.
  — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026
• According to Page Six, the SUV drove around the block before pulling into one of the venue's entrances.
  — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 July 2026
• That may help explain why silent reading parties are drawing lines around the block, libraries are seeing attendance climb and chess clubs are filling neighborhood bars and museum gardens alike.
  — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
• The project has been slow-moving, but that hasn’t stopped residents in Eagle and around Ada County from lining up around the block to secure a spot as members of the Crowfoot Range.
  — Noah Daly august 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Aug. 2026
• Hosting gigs at red-carpet events and gossip segments on shows like Wendy Williams and Howard Stern kept his name and face out in the ether, as did his annual South by Southwest party, where lines to enter would stretch around the block.
  — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026