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How to use block in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Block means a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. Example: “She picked up the block and examined it.”

Examples of block by meaning

nounA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

  • a block of ice; a block of stone
  • She picked up the block and examined it.

nounA chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

  • Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
  • You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]...

nounA section of split logs used as fuel.

  • Dawn and Shorty would cut this tree into blocks, while Randy and Matt went back for more.2012, Ron Herrett, Shorty's Story

nounA set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.

  • a block of 100 tickets

nounIn Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.

  • Perhaps the simplest puffer known is the following period 20 puffer based on the period 20 spaceship, which creates blocks.1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 5/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
  • Blocks have a couple of unusual properties: they are cleanly destroyed by an incoming glider on any one of six adjacent paths, and none of the possible collisions include any output gliders, so you can't get chain reactions.2005 February 23, Dave Greene, “exist glider gun able of reconstruction in Life?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

nounA physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.

  • a block of text; a block of colour; a block of land

nounA logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.

  • a block of data; a block of seven days; a block reservation
  • The great game of golf offered an antidote to the inevitable dead space — blocks of difficult-to-use hours, pre- and postflight — that are one of business travel’s biggest drags.2007 September 4, John Berg, “Time on the Greens Beats Time at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2021

nounA logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.

  • After one disk is mapped, the next block starts at address 0 on the next disk.2003, Dilip M. Ranade, Shared Data Clusters, page 79
  • The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes.2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC...

More sentences with block

  • I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.From the entry time
  • Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.From the entry right
  • This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly.From the entry whose
  • The string of houses at the end of Motter Avenue are having a block party.From the entry string
  • The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.From the entry error
  • There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.From the entry village
  • The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.From the entry shadow
  • They stuck a block of wood under it as a prop.From the entry prop
  • He pulled the thick duvet over his head to block out the morning light.From the entry duvet
  • In Lawrence, a mile is generally 12 city blocks east-west or 8 blocks north-south.From the entry city block
  • Go along that road for about a city block, and you should see an old barn.From the entry city block
  • It won't take me long to get back, 'cause the store's literally two blocks away.From the entry literally
  • The center had 11 assists and 10 blocks tonight for a very unusual double double.From the entry double double
  • Idioms are a common stumbling block for learners of a language.From the entry stumbling block
  • If you hit that block, you can get a one up.From the entry one up
  • They finally found a parking space after circling the block three times.From the entry parking space
  • The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.From the entry piercing
  • The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.From the entry antitrust
  • Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.From the entry glorify
  • Mainstream culture is hardly the monolithic block that its caricaturization often implies.From the entry monolithic
  • He's a chip off the old block—quick to anger just like his father.From the entry chip off the old block
  • The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.From the entry blacklist
  • Pull the car up a little so you don't block his driveway.From the entry pull up
  • Let's plan a block party that's just as fun for the old folks as the younger folks.From the entry old folks
  • She laid the blocks out in a circle on the floor.From the entry lay out
  • Some airlines average more than twelve block hours a day from their long-haul aircraft.From the entry block hour
  • His mental block is due to a childhood trauma which he will not confront.From the entry mental block

Meaning of block

  1. noun A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
  2. noun A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
  3. noun A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

Full definition of block

Questions about block in a sentence

How do you use block in a sentence?
Block is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She picked up the block and examined it.”
What is a short sentence with block?
“a block of 100 tickets”
What does block mean?
Block means a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: block (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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