cinder block

Example Sentences

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The bear was eventually hit with a dart and fell asleep on top of a cinder block wall dividing two properties, its body straddling either side.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

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

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

Sometimes he stood on a broken chair or a cinder block while he orated.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides