How to Use blockage in a Sentence

blockage

noun

• He had surgery to open up blockages in his arteries.
• As the train whirred over the tracks, the jostling of the train dislodged the blockage in my ear.
  — Hazlitt, 30 July 2025
• Someone that has a blockage in the gland, that’s not the case.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Dec. 2024
• Use your trusty plunger to clear the blockages in your drains and pipes.
  — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2018
• 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
• The pressure from the water should break up the blockage.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Woman's Day, 29 Mar. 2017
• 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
• All of these techniques work to break down blockage in the tissue.
  — Olivia Fleming, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Aug. 2016
• 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 status light alerts you if there's a blockage or low airflow through the duct.
  — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 13 Sep. 2016
• 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
• Crews found a blockage in the 24-inch sewer main downstream of the station caused by large amounts of sand in the line.
  — Prescotte Stokes Iii, AL.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• Nyko's plastic flap adds 1cm of blockage on each of its 4.2cm vents.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2017
• Heart attacks result from blockages in blood flow to the heart.
  — The Associated Press, New York Times, 19 June 2017
• 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
• Avoid using fresh coffee grounds as mulch to prevent compaction and water blockage.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
• Shade cloth comes in a variety of strengths, often ranging from 30 to 50 percent sun blockage or more.
  — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 30 May 2026
• Too much plaque can cause blockages that lead to a heart attack or stroke.
  — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 30 May 2026
• Bacteria become trapped behind a blockage, and the body cannot clear the infection on its own.
  — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
• Avoid flushing hair down the toilet to prevent blockages.
  — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 21 May 2026