cinder block

Example Sentences

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He stood in disbelief Saturday as he surveyed the lot where he’d lived for 20 years, twisted debris of cinder blocks and mangled wood siding scattered across where his home once stood.

From Seattle Times

In the summer, I had no classes to teach but I still stared at the cinder block walls of my office, or out the window at the Cascade mountains.

From Seattle Times

At picnic tables in front of a graffitied cinder block wall, visitors sampled Donkey & Goat’s newly released natural wines, a group that even the producer’s most ardent fans would not recognize.

From New York Times

A woman donning a bright orange wig was caught on video Thursday in New York City hurling a cinder block into the window of a taxi.

From Fox News

It was raised on cinder blocks, but every tower of blocks was strapped both to the house and to the foundation, with additional strapping from the house directly to the foundation.

From Seattle Times