cinder block

Example Sentences

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The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Its compelling antihero, sixty-something Rhys Kinnick, has spent seven years in self-imposed exile, occupying a cinder block cabin in a remote region of Washington state.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

There, the boys frolic and dream amid cinder block walls.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

Some of the footage showed the Beach refugee camp, an area of squat, tightly packed cinder block houses, with washing hanging outside.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

Me and Rondell were sitting outside today, on the far cinder block, eating cheese sandwiches, when Mong came walking out of the house and sat on the block right across from us.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña