Sentence examples for block captain from inspiring English sources
noun
One of the residents of a housing block, elected to represent the community.
Mr. Teran is the block captain for a neighborhood watch group that also cleans up a park every month.
The residents of Broadmoor created a "block captain" system to track down neighbours and learn whether they planned to return.
The Block Captain requests that it be handed over to the Party for use as a clubhouse for the neighborhood worm collective.
Eddie Hunter, a block captain, said he questions whether the redevelopment plans will bring what the community really needs: job opportunities.
A Marine veteran, Mr. Hutchings is now a block captain for the neighborhood association near Sunrise Mountain, 10 miles east of the Strip.
For years, Mary had volunteered for the Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee, and as a block captain she always thought that civil forfeiture was reserved for crack houses and abandoned eyesores.
The group has enlisted 130 block captains, many in Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods, to distribute campaign literature and drive hundreds of residents to the polls.
Mr. Harvey's group enlisted the aid of clergy members, assigned block captains and, working with officials, tried to stem loitering and bring back business.
And Unified New Cassel has organized a program of block captains, who do things such as clean up litter around the neighborhood.
They formed thousands of homeowner organizations, complete with block captains, with the express purpose of keeping blacks out of white neighborhoods.
"Until we have tens of thousands of block captains committed, we would not deign to disturb him -- we'd be seen as just another celebrity stalker".
