cinder block
Example Sentences
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He stood in disbelief Saturday as he surveyed the lot where he’d lived for 20 years, twisted debris of cinder blocks and mangled wood siding scattered across where his home once stood.
From Seattle Times
A short drive into the dusty hills outside Boise, the Idaho State Correctional Center’s cinder block Vocational 4 classroom looks simultaneously spacious and crowded.
From Washington Post
They hit nearby houses instead, destroying one with such force that it appeared turned inside out, with a pile of cinder blocks covering the street.
From Seattle Times
A sharp winter chill stole into the room, bare except for a neat stack of gray cinder blocks.
From New York Times
On summer afternoons she hoses down the exterior of its cinder block walls.
From Los Angeles Times
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