Sentence examples for block of ground from inspiring English sources
Both are within a block of ground zero.
Break the block of ground beef open and press the middle of the inside.
More than 80 picked locations south of Chambers Street, within blocks of ground zero.
Some have relocated to Florida or Texas, while others have insisted on staying within a few blocks of ground zero.
It's possible to approach within some five blocks of Ground Zero, to see a sliver of the smoking ruins between the buildings.
The day after the attacks on the World Trade Center, he and his camera were within blocks of ground zero, documenting the carnage for The Miami Herald.
The approval of a mosque and Islamic center within two blocks of ground zero will embolden the moderate Muslims in America.
After the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, he raised money to bring music and instruments to downtown schools, and returned to his studio on Murray Street -- within two blocks of ground zero -- and hung out a sign encouraging firefighters and construction workers to come inside and play.
"In a walk of the streets within three blocks of Ground Zero, the Daily News counted 17 pizza shops, 18 bank branches, 11 bars, 10 shoe stores and 17 separate salons where a girl can get her lady parts groomed," reported the paper in August.
Where I live, one block east of ground zero, I've started keeping a compost bin and am thinking about adding a micro wind generator.
It fixed on a plot in Battery Park City, one block northwest of Ground Zero, which had been a parking lot for years.
