How to Use blockage in a Sentence

blockage

noun
  • He had surgery to open up blockages in his arteries.
  • Check for any blockages in the hose.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • What about blockages and clogs?
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
  • What about blockages and clogs?
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Look for cracks, blockages, or signs of wear.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Use your trusty plunger to clear the blockages in your drains and pipes.
    — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Someone that has a blockage in the gland, that’s not the case.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Things might take longer now, but there won’t be a total blockage.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2022
  • Too much plaque can cause blockages that lead to a heart attack or stroke.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 30 May 2026
  • For stubborn blockages, a plumber’s snake can help break things loose.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But just a little blockage between me and the noise of the house.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 25 Feb. 2025
  • How was the train just sitting there on the other side of the blockage?
    — Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
  • All of these techniques work to break down blockage in the tissue.
    — Olivia Fleming, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Aug. 2016
  • The heat and force should help turn the blockage into smaller bits.
    — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • As the train whirred over the tracks, the jostling of the train dislodged the blockage in my ear.
    — Hazlitt, 30 July 2025
  • Heart attacks result from blockages in blood flow to the heart.
    — The Associated Press, New York Times, 19 June 2017
  • The best way to deal with this is warm compresses to help loosen the blockage.
    — Maria Del Russo, Woman's Day, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Coffee grounds collect and lead to blockages in your pipes.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Through a blood vessel in the groin, a tube is guided to a blockage in the heart.
    — Gina Kolata, SFChronicle.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Your heart may be working overtime to push blood through the artery blockage.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The status light alerts you if there's a blockage or low airflow through the duct.
    — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 13 Sep. 2016
  • Those conditions have to do with artery blockages in the lungs, and deep blood clots.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • The blockage was created by a disc that had found its way into the storm drain.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The kind of heart attack caused by that blockage is known as the widow maker.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The blockage forces the heart to work harder and can lead to cardiac damage.
    — The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
  • Hundreds of other ships waited in place for the blockage to end.
    — Samy Magdy, ajc, 23 May 2021
  • Tossing them down your garbage disposal and drain is a recipe for a blockage.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 15 Mar. 2026
  • If there was, the injured tissue had to be removed and the blockage opened.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The suction can often dislodge the blockage and push it through.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
  • With the grates removed, light your grill and inspect the burner tubes for any blockages.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023

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