How to Use block letter in a Sentence

block letter

noun
  • Lofty words, called tenets, were painted on the walls in big block letters.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The robot is in the process of turning a block letter on a game board.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Writing block letters, as many do today, is slow, messy, and hard to read.
    — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But in this case, the oversize, graphic look of the block letters takes the bed to a whole new place.
    — Julie Lasky, House Beautiful, 21 Nov. 2017
  • The word Ridgeline is now spread across the back of the tailgate in big block letters.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Plain block letters or a simple script looks just as pretty and personal.
    — Danielle Blundell, ELLE Decor, 6 Dec. 2017
  • Like on the cadaver note, the address was printed in big block letters.
    — Charles V. Bagli, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Some letters have a feminine curve to them, others are more block letters.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Before the play begins, its title appears in pink block letters splashed across the back wall.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
  • At the end of exercise, we were asked to write one word in big block letters on the other side of our paper.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • That’s Odom Field now, her grandparents’ name in big block letters on the scoreboard.
    — Matthew Futterman and Scott McIntyre, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • The superstar’s last name and number 34 are printed in large block letters.
    — Malika Andrews, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • White block letters on black backgrounds announcing a new teacher or subject serve as blackboard lessons.
    — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
  • The Jesus line is written in loose, white block letters; the one about zombies is stenciled neatly onto pale zinc.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The Kemper name has been atop the building in block letters since 2012, Ciesemier said.
    — Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The charm, a simple block letter hung from a short chain, is highly visible in early images of Diana.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The opening title doesn’t appear until 20 minutes into it, in big block letters.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • One group gathered on the edge of the proimpeachment crowd and waved a large red, white, and blue flag with the president’s name emblazoned in big block letters.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Each envelope held a harrowing narrative, some in polite, looping script, some in block letters.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In the poster, a cropped closeup of the saucer is accompanied by a phrase in white block letters—which became a kind of mantra for the viewers of the show, myself among them.
    — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Any gal who wants to display her namesake will love this block letter necklace from Anthropologie, which is a twist on the classic monogram.
    — Cailey Lindberg, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020
  • All the best mission statements are concise enough to fit on a T-shirt and bold enough to be hung in block letters on the wall at the team’s training facility.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
  • In recent years, people have also seen ravens roosting on manmade structures — such as on the block letters above storefronts in Fairbanks.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • For their own list of goals listing how to achieve a more sustainable future, the brothers seem to have written Don't shame the audience in block letters at the top.
    — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Quinta Brunson noted, Delevingne wore an oversized T-shirt with black block letter stating so.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • One agency perched itself in front of a garish mural of swirling colors, block letters, and cartoon figures that seemed straight out of every stoner caricature.
    — Angela Chen, The Verge, 15 Nov. 2018
  • The label’s austere design aesthetic—block letters, black-and-white photography, sparse notes—was consistent to the point of self-parody.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019
  • There were the Strand hats at Koché’s show this week and Versus Versace had its own version, sporting its logo in big, flashy gold block letters just above the brim.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Just in time for summer, Pittsburg will soon unveil a new city sign spelling out its name in giant orange-and-black block letters – a perfect photo op for visitors and residents alike.
    — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • Graphic tees first sprung up in fashion in the 1980s thanks to British designer Katharine Hamnett’s block letter slogan shirts.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023

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