cinder block
Example Sentences
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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
Its compelling antihero, sixty-something Rhys Kinnick, has spent seven years in self-imposed exile, occupying a cinder block cabin in a remote region of Washington state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
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
The color scheme is cinder block and corrugated iron, gray and dark gray, punctuated by bright splashes of color.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
