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Examples of cinder block in a Sentence
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This approach is reflected in her space’s clean, calming, somewhat Brutalist interior design — a mirror resting on cinder blocks, gray everywhere — the look of which took inspiration from artists’ lofts and Le Corbusier, the Swiss French architect who died in 1965.
—Devorah Lev-Tov Kin Woo Ella Riley-Adams Jameson Montgomery Kurt Soller Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
This mid-century gem is gorgeous and photogenic, with cheeky interiors designed by Jonathan Adler and a dramatic cinder block entrance wall that sets the scene for visual delights throughout the verdant property.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
Nearby is a trailer where on a recent day, a cinder block was propped up against the door.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
In a bare room of a cinder block building at its home base in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Marines in the regiment’s command operations center tapped on laptops on portable tables, with plastic sheets taped over the windows.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1922, in the meaning defined above
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“Cinder block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cinder%20block. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
cinder block
noun
: a building block made of cement and coal cinders
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