Words similar to block

Example sentences for: block

How can you use “block” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Toothpastes for sensitive teeth (Sensodyne, Crest Sensitivity Protection) use potassium nitrate to block nerves connected to your teeth.
A strong WTO will block a lot of measures that hurt the U.S. economy in the long run, if it is allowed to gain strength and authority.
All this would have required was that its founding bureaucrats 1) make the product seem as innocuous as a museum exhibit and 2) block the election of Richard Nixon as president in 1968.
One example is the 1981 legislation consolidating many small categorical grants into larger block grants, the funds for which could be spent very flexibly.
banker a prisoner who runs The United Stakes of America or the property pooling system, on a cell block or in a tank.