blocking
Example Sentences
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Ray’s palms fly up like he’s blocking me.
From Literature
Before the tournament, Swiatek acknowledged the achievement would be a "dream come true" but insisted she was blocking out the outside noise about what was at stake.
From BBC
Medications such as Singulair work by blocking that receptor, preventing the key from fitting and stopping the reaction from starting.
From Science Daily
A cloud slides across the sky, blocking the sun.
From Literature
Dus and Waller said that understanding this mechanism "provides a new perspective on injury and disease, one that goes beyond simply blocking damage to focusing on what the system is already doing to reinforce it."
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
