8 sentences with 'block'
Example sentences and phrases with the word block and other words derived from it.
• « The engine block was forged into two units, with two cylinders each, and then bolted to the crankcase. »
• « The air bubbles visible when a block of ice is examined with the naked eye reveal ancient concentrations of pollutants, including two of the gases known as "greenhouse gases" for producing this disastrous ecological effect. »
• « As the ice breaks away from the parent block, it is transported by ocean currents. Along the way and as they melt, the ice leaves pollutants in the waters that affect coastal flora and fauna. »
• « The welds on the brackets were also very important: if they didn't hold, the block would slip on the beams. »
• « Each building block for the pyramids weighed about 2.5 tons and had to be transported by ramps with ropes and pulleys. »
• « On 18 August Garibaldi crossed into mainland Italy, entering Naples. He planned an invasion of the Papal States, but Cavour convinced Napoleon III that it was necessary to block the progress of Garibaldi's adventurers and assured him that the position of the papacy itself (under French protection) would not be affected. »