Sentence examples for block miles from inspiring English sources

High in a dilapidated Soviet-era tower block miles from the centre of Moscow, the door opens to a small, tidy flat.

On a once abandoned block miles from this city's prospering downtown, a stark concrete temple of art rises from wet dark soil.

Even though the police used barricades to block miles of the Little Havana neighborhood and had dozens of officers standing by, the worst that happened was sunburn and sore feet and hoarse voices.

In Bahrain, pro-democracy demonstrations on a scale that appeared to dwarf the largest ever seen in the tiny Persian Gulf nation blocked miles of downtown roads and highways in Manama, the capital.

Armed with spears, bows, and arrows these rioters set fire to shops and blocked miles of road and rail lines in Sonitpur, some calling for the resignation of Assamese Chief Minister Gogoi.

Who doesn't love to travel either blocks miles or frequent flier journeys to far flung places, and order a classic like the margarita or the manhattan and get it spot-on just like you would had you ordered it in any of your favorite drinking establishments?

Then, for each 25,000-mile block of unredeemed miles, they enter a liability of only $20-25 20-25

Rubbernecking falls under one of Mom's rules of etiquette: it's not polite to stare, even less polite to stop, stare and block three miles of traffic.

In the days and months that passed, Etan's face, printed on police posters on every block for miles, faded from the poles and from the public consciousness.

Surrounded by empty factories and rows of shabby duplexes, it is the only block for miles where the yards are manicured, the houses well kept, and neighbors know one another by name.

They shut down streets and blocks for miles around.