How to Use block in in a Sentence

block in

verb
  • The fund was blocked in court last month.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 7 June 2026
  • Towns has seven blocks in four games.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Wemby had 17 points and three blocks in his time on the court.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Or failed to noticed there’s one less knife in the wooden block in the kitchen.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The three men tried to flee, but were quickly blocked in and arrested.
    — Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no such thing as writer’s block in the second person.
    — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • Fans lined up around the block in advance of the evening to snag the best seats in the audience.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
  • Every exit was blocked in an instant.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Duren has seven blocks in 123 minutes.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Their offending products could also be blocked in the state.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
  • The Huskies added three blocks in the set and finally had some momentum.
    — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • Stewart has 12 blocks in 64 minutes.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Brink, who played 19 minutes off the bench, had 11 points, five rebounds and three blocks in the loss.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Shoulder hours refer to the blocks in the day that sit between peak energy demand and off-peak times.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • Again and again and again, to the tune of 32 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks in Game 3.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Sometime last year, my block in Crown Heights started turning orange.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Vineyards are the critical building blocks in the success of Ridge.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • The issue of Iran's uranium enrichment has emerged as one of the key stumbling blocks in peace talks.
    — Alexandra Bacallao, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The construction has been challenged in court, and the project was temporarily blocked in late March.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Others hung out on apartment patios overhead as the two orange buses and a throng of people at least eight blocks in length passed by.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Wembanyama finished with 24 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks in the loss.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
  • Wembanyama finished with eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks in what was close to a must-win situation.
    — Stephen Whyno, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026
  • Its downtown runs about four blocks in each direction, with streets lined by meticulous re-creations and restorations of buildings past.
    — Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Wembanyama had 17 points, five rebounds and three blocks in just under 16 minutes.
    — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Many roads were still blocked in Lincoln County and teams from the agency were assessing the damage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Jarrett Allen moved into eighth place for blocks in franchise history with 431.
    — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The whistles marred an otherwise respectable night for the breakout big man, who had seven rebounds and two blocks in his limited floor time.
    — Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Police further wrote that there was no evidence to suggest that Padgett had held the block in a threatening way.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The senior duo was clutch in the final set and junior Jacob Vignale added a block in the final set.
    — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • An apartment block in the region was also damaged in a separate attack, officials said.
    — ABC News, 16 May 2026

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