en bloc

Example Sentences

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When there are, they’re removed en bloc, field-jacketed in plaster and taken back to the museum for definitive uncovering.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017

“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

The Library of this scholarly divine of the old school was presented by him en bloc to St. Mark's Church, Niagara, of which he was incumbent.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry