How to Use cinder block in a Sentence

cinder block

noun
  • The truck was found on cinder blocks with its six tires missing.
    — cleveland.com, 12 July 2019
  • Chain-link fences have been replaced with cinder block walls.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
  • My calves turned into dense, heavy cinder blocks.
    — Dimity McDowell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Cars on cinder blocks in the yards, pop-up tents in the driveways.
    — Wes Moore, TIME.com, 17 Dec. 2016
  • Parent screams echoed off cinder block walls.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Hudson said his house was saved by a cinder block wall that stopped the flames.
    — NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Pieces of cinder block were embedded in the back of his head.
    — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Even some errant cinder blocks on the ground were overrun with fake rats.
    — Fahima Haque, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2019
  • White beadboard capped the roof, its brim shading a front porch set on cinder blocks.
    — Jeff Sharlet, Harpers Magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The large, green cinder block building looks more like a school gym than a restaurant.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2017
  • One way to make your cinder block structures stand out is to paint them with outdoor paint.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Pick up the rope and pull the cinder block toward you with a hand-over-hand movement.
    — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Add height to a cinder block privacy wall with a layer of wood on top.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This Kings is for those who love cement cinder blocks and concrete.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
  • For example, there was a cinder block beam sticking out of one side of the room.
    — Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The farmhouse is empty and the little shop made of cinder blocks feels derelict.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The dirt includes chunks of tar paper, cinder blocks and pieces of metal.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Nearby is a trailer where on a recent day, a cinder block was propped up against the door.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Many houses had been replaced with cinder blocks, nuts and bolts to hoist up the highway.
    — Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Compared to this driver’s seat, your favorite chair at home is a dirty cinder block.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
  • All that was left were pieces of cinder block strewn on the ground and a view of the devastation.
    — Ella Torres, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Grayson then went to the parking lot and destroyed the male victim’s car with a cinder block.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The walls are constructed of cinder blocks, steel and concrete.
    — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Family said there was a cinder block on the gas pedal and his phone and wallet in the car.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The path winds its way up a hill and terminates at a cluster of cinder block buildings.
    — Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2019
  • One of the suspects also threw a large rock or cinder block at Nerander.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Jamie was in a corner of the parking lot, doing one-arm presses with a cinder block.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The next morning, the girl's body was found near a cinder block wall about 100 yards from the stop.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Vandals got into the day care through cinder blocks, according to the day care.
    — Frankie McLister, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Nearby were piles of cinder blocks that were part of the pair’s construction business.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 2 June 2025

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