How to Use blockage in a Sentence

blockage

noun

• He had surgery to open up blockages in his arteries.
• Someone that has a blockage in the gland, that’s not the case.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Dec. 2024
• Some of the problems can be blamed on the six-day-long blockage of the Suez Canal in March.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 May 2021
• But just a little blockage between me and the noise of the house.
  — Charles Moss, SPIN, 25 Feb. 2025
• How was the train just sitting there on the other side of the blockage?
  — Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
• Through a blood vessel in the groin, a tube is guided to a blockage in the heart.
  — Gina Kolata, SFChronicle.com, 16 Nov. 2019
• On the menu today: big ships, the bank effect, and the last Suez blockage.
  — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 25 Mar. 2021
• The heat and force should help turn the blockage into smaller bits.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• The best way to deal with this is warm compresses to help loosen the blockage.
  — Maria Del Russo, Woman's Day, 3 Apr. 2020
• The blockage forces the heart to work harder and can lead to cardiac damage.
  — The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
• If there was, the injured tissue had to be removed and the blockage opened.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• If the pain centers on the forehead, that may indicate a blockage in the carotid artery in the neck.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
• The Games were held less than a year after his first wife, Kath Stevens, died of a blockage in her brain.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• The blockage added to a series of events that have wreaked havoc on the world’s supply lines.
  — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 23 June 2021
• The Russian blockage of millions of tons of grain has led to food shortages in Africa and Asia.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
• Tess returns, taking them on a route around the blockage.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
• Things might take longer now, but there won’t be a total blockage.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2022
• The fatty deposits can block the flow of oxygen and blood that the heart needs to work and the blockage can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
• In such a situation, the WCS can reroute totes around the blockage.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• The kind of heart attack caused by that blockage is known as the widow maker.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2021
• With the grates removed, light your grill and inspect the burner tubes for any blockages.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2018
• The blockage was created by a disc that had found its way into the storm drain.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• Will another incident such as a tsunami or the Suez Canal blockage stop the flow of goods to the West and the rest of the world?
  — Cyrus Hadavi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• Hundreds of other ships waited in place for the blockage to end.
  — Samy Magdy, ajc, 23 May 2021
• That triple-alliance is fading and with it the blockage of Central Asia.
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• The blockage has ignited wild price swings for crops and the cost of transporting them.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• The fallout from the Suez Canal blockage is spreading through the oil and gas industry.
  — Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
• The closure lasted so long because of the lane blockage and debris from the crash, the two agencies said.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
• With a simple swipe, the blockage cleared, and the water drained instantly.
  — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
• These tests allow your healthcare provider to see your digestive tract and detect any blockages.
  — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 8 Apr. 2025