Sentence examples for a obstruction from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a obstruction" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use is "an" because "obstruction" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "There was an obstruction in the road that caused a traffic jam."
Alternatives: "a blockage" or "an impediment".

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Chavez was guilty of Type A obstruction, an infraction that occurs when a play is being made on the runner.

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In the case of an obstruction, a gastroenterostomy, hepaticojejunostomy or a double bypass procedure was performed.

What would otherwise be either a smooth passageway or an obstruction becomes a medium for creativity.

Such a command constitutes "an obstruction of justice," Toobin says.

Because children have smaller lumen sizes than adults, smaller polyps may potentially cause an obstruction or an intussusception.

The store could be a bridge, rather than an obstruction, Mr. Biber added.

Nobody likes an obstruction, but having a bureaucratic one is especially galling.

They saw him standing in the doorway he had opened, an old champion become an obstruction.

Harlequins wasted an attacking lineout with an obstruction but escaped further punishment moments later when Yachvili pushed his effort wide.

Two tray load regimes are distinguished: an aeration regime and an obstruction regime.

(A) Upper gastrointestinal series revealed an obstruction in the third portion of the duodenum.

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