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How To Use blocked In A Sentence

• For any of you have done it recently you will know that a great deal of it is about 'issues' such as wheelie bins, blocked drains and planning permission - all of which are really council issues. The Wit & Wisdom of Tony Banks
• Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
• The Bedroom In The Sky is three-quarters windowed and the last window blocked off with a hardboard offcut insulated, floored, plasterboarded, plumbed and wired. April 1st, 2007
• She suffered a cardiac arrest caused by a blocked heart artery. The Sun
• The couple have blocked access to the track, forcing horse owners to make a long and muddy detour across fields. Times, Sunday Times
• Many shops and businesses were shut while crowds blocked traffic and chanted anti-government slogans. Times, Sunday Times
• The companion star would emit plenty of its own UV radiation, but this radiation would be blocked in the direction of Eta Carinae by the thick nebulosity of the giant star's surrounding gas, dust, and stellar wind.
• From here, the nullah reaches the Punjab and Haryana boundary, near Shagun Hotel, where the outflow is now blocked.
• Some small villages in the northern Andes were left isolated as roads were blocked by slides.
• Every single one of his intended blows was blocked and parried, even when the man tripped and fell backwards.