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How to use blockage in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Blockage means the state or condition of being blocked. Example: “There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.”

Examples of blockage by meaning

nounThe thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.

  • There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.

nounSynonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.

  • Blockage of circulation quickly leads to ischemia.
  • In selected cases, endovascular thrombectomy can quickly remove a blockage that pharmaceutical thrombolysis can't budge.

More sentences with blockage

  • There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.From the entry sewer
  • The blockage caused a backup in the plumbing.From the entry backup
  • The patient's face was blue from lack of oxygen induced by an airway blockage, which led a quick-thinking EMT on scene to begin modified chest thrusts.From the entry modified chest thrust
  • Ice jams are river blockages caused by melting ice that can cause floods or raised water levels.2022 March 31, Harvey Kong, “Chinese workers take explosive approach to clear ice jams”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Huma
  • The more common Nstemi type of heart attack involves a partial blockage of one or more arteries.2016 August 30, “Women 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed after heart attack – study”, in The Guardian. From the entry NSTEMI
  • A nonadept sacrifices God knows what, to set up a blockage even I can't Work through—'2013, Celia Friedman, Black Sun Rising. From the entry nonadept
  • The emotional extremes of overexcitement, overjoy, depression, and anxiety are all blockages in the Message Center.2006, Zhi Gang Sha, chapter 6, in Soul Mind Body Medicine, Novato, CA: New World Library, page 158. From the entry overjoy
  • I'd like to install a DSS system but I'm concerned about blockage.1996 May 21, <congdon@airmail.net>, “Antenna Pointing Angle”, in alt.dss (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 29 May…. From the entry ironrich
  • The blockage of the Suez Canal in March?2021 June 21, Keith Bradsher, “Chinese port difficulties amid a Covid outbreak further snarl global trade.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry Shenzhen
  • This plumber's helper was in the corner, one of these big, industrial-strength jobs for blowing out major toilet blockage.2011, James Lee Burke, Sunset Limited, →ISBN, page 274. From the entry plumber's helper
  • A Stemi attack occurs when there is a total blockage of the coronary artery that supplies the heart muscle with oxygenated blood.2016 August 30, “Women 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed after heart attack – study”, in The Guardian. From the entry NSTEMI
  • We present an extremely rare case of delayed and combined ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage, viscus perforation and migration into the urethra manifested by a repeated urinary tract infection.2011 October, T. H. Chen et al., “Combined Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Blockage, Viscus Perforation and Migration into Urethra, Presenting…. From the entry shunt
  • Neither the Plaintiff nor Margarita's mother was aware that the prescription had been misfilled or that the misfill was failing to inhibit the blockage of her airway.1998, New Mexico. Supreme Court, Report of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico, page 265. From the entry misfill

Meaning of blockage

  1. noun The state or condition of being blocked.
  2. noun The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
  3. noun Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism.

Full definition of blockage

Questions about blockage in a sentence

How do you use blockage in a sentence?
Blockage is used as a noun. For example: “There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.”
What is a short sentence with blockage?
“Blockage of circulation quickly leads to ischemia.”
What does blockage mean?
Blockage means the state or condition of being blocked.

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