How To Use Block and tackle In A Sentence

By the time the sloop's deck was perpendicular, we had unbent the boom-lift from below, made it fast to the wharf, and, with the other end fast nearly to the mast-head, heaved it taut with block and tackle. SMALL-BOAT SAILING
The gun-carriage is rolled forward into firing position by handspikes or block and tackle.
The fence is then strained fairly tight and is ready to load, the block and tackle being left in place.
The mainsheet is a multiple-part block and tackle used to increase an individual’s pulling power. Sailing Fundamentals
Hoisting mechanism including electric motor, brake, reduction gear, reel and block and tackle.

We have bent a number of bows using a steam box and a jig with a block and tackle and pulleys to bend them around a form.
Above this pit at the Water Works was mounted a steel beam carrying two block and tackles so as to be able to lift the motors in flood time or for servicing.
According to Plutarch, Archimedes used a polypaston, or block and tackle, with a large number of sheaves.