tower block

Example Sentences

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The fire in the west London tower block killed 72 people in 2017.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Residents in a noted brutalist tower block in east London have been stranded in their homes after the 26-storey building's two lifts stopped working.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Finley has plans to abseil down a tower block at Southend Hospital on 16 May to raise money for the Mid and South Essex Hospitals Charity.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

Emergency services were dispatched to the tower block just after 13:00 on Monday and nearby Dalmuir train station was closed, causing cancellations to trains.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

It took a clobbering in the Blitz—I wasn’t there, thank God—and the replacement buildings and the tower block are a national disgrace.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan