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.
• You were found a block from the park.
  — Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
• It was set in one block, one street.
  — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
• As did the block to the west, and the block to the east.
  — Katherine Packert Burke, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
• Smart had 10 points, four steals and three blocks.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
• Hayes said his law office is a few blocks away.
  — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• There’s a new kid on the spelling block.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
• These are the building blocks for new growth.
  — Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Two miles, one mile, one block, nothing.
  — Erin Entrada Kelly, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
• Health care and wages are among key stumbling blocks.
  — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
• Three thick plumes of smoke billowed two blocks away.
  — Philip Wang, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
• The building is the tallest on the block — for now.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
• Hayes had eight points, six rebounds and two blocks.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
• On most days, lines at gas stations stretch for blocks.
  — Anton L. Delgado, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
• On most days, lines at gas stations stretch for blocks.
  — ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
• Offices said that car didn't get far and crashed about a block away.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
• Joy Behar lives two blocks away.
  — Mark Seliger, Vulture, 22 June 2026
• The city’s easy-to-use tram system has stops just two blocks away.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
• My mom, who lives a couple blocks away, and my friends were all okay.
  — Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
• The three blocks tied a Knicks career-high.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
• Once a month, block 90 minutes.
  — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
• Fleming also had three aces and a trio of blocks.
  — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 10 May 2026
• Cisse added 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocks.
  — Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
• There are always the guys in the light, and the guys on the back side of blocks.
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
• Bol Dengdit had nine points, six rebounds and two blocks.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
• Five riser blocks of seats surround the round stage area.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
• Be the most popular house on the block!
  — Holly J. Morris, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
• Greenlight was the broker for the first block trade.
  — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 1 June 2026

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.
• The feds sued to block both laws.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• The crash left the right lane blocked.
  — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
• And the storm has done more than block the sun.
  — Owen Clarke, Outside, 18 Feb. 2026
• Yet the coach has been able to block that out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
• Most of the punches were blocked.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• The leg becomes blocked and the knee gives out.
  — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• But his shot was blocked with nine seconds left.
  — Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
• The sheikh’s tomb blocks my vision.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
• These settings block that path.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
• That buildup hardens over time and blocks blood flow to your body.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 13 Dec. 2023
• Luis Suarez’s first pass near the back line was blocked back to him.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
• Scheierman hit a floater and blocked a George layup.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
• Evans even darted into a scrum to block on a run play.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
• Trapilo was hurt blocking on a pass play on the go-ahead drive.
  — Andrew Seligman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2026
• Some types of clouds block sunlight, while others can trap heat.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
• The highway was blocked for roughly four hours.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 7 Nov. 2025
• Which freeway lanes will be blocked to traffic?
  — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
• The judge also has blocked the closure.
  — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
• Clouds, hills, buildings or even distant haze can block the view.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
• Do not block sidewalks, driveways or storm drains.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
• The fifth-year senior also blocked five shots and swiped four steals.
  — Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026