en bloc
Example Sentences
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The Sky squad still rode on the front, all eight of them en bloc after an accident forced Geraint Thomas to withdraw, but the sight of that crushing might was less oppressive.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2017
When there are, they’re removed en bloc, field-jacketed in plaster and taken back to the museum for definitive uncovering.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017
“In a piecemeal way we’ve been doing that for years, but now we can take it en bloc and I don’t mind telling you we’re rather excited.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2015
The en bloc type, they can last hours.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2015
When the Appleton collection of Chinese porcelains was purchased en bloc by a well-known house doing business on Fifth Avenue, the celebrated purple hawthorn vase was considered the most precious of all.
From The Unpublishable Memoirs by Rosenbach, A. S. W.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
