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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a tower block" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a tall building that contains multiple residential or commercial units, often found in urban areas.
Example: "The city skyline is dominated by a tower block that houses hundreds of apartments."
Alternatives: "high-rise building" or "apartment tower."
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I live in a tower block in Central London".
We have a tower block with six flights of stairs.
It's Lord of the Flies in a tower block.
The setup – one cop, scores of criminals in a tower block – was its selling point.
"We lived 12 floors up in a tower block," she recalls.
Here, it's being played using the lighting of a tower block in Hevanta, Finland.
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Near the end, the camera pulls back from a tower-block flat to reveal a dense wall of similar flats.
Once opened, the e-mails allowed their actual senders, who were sitting in a tower-block in Shanghai, to install software allowing them to peruse confidential information.
It's a familiar tale of grim life on a tower-block estate: a wife-beating dad, a granddad dying of cancer, isolation and an addiction to violent movies.
Imagine looking down on a city from a window high up in a tower-block, for example.
These appear over a background of still photographs of everyday life in South London, including a used car lot and a tower block.
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