en bloc

Example Sentences

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“They were just informing me as to what they were going to do, as members do all the time. That they did it en bloc made it very, very important.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2019

“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

"There is a risk that people end up feeling that religious groups, en bloc, are against same-sex couples completely," he added.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2012

All this forms an ensemble which the eye does not analyse, but judges en bloc by instinct, without considering the elements separately, and, above all, without being able to give reasons for its judgment.

From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred