Sentence examples for close off the block from inspiring English sources

Swinging gates would close off the block of 39th between 11th and 12th, and the cattle would be herded across.

Officers moved the barricades but declined a request to close off the block of Broadway next to City Hall, where a stage had been set up on the sidewalk.

Firefighters and police officers began closing off the block to pedestrians and traffic, while workers installed additional braces.

Can the board do this?... John Keville, Westfield, N.J. A. David G. Hardin, a Summit, N.J., real estate lawyer, said that if there is in fact an easement that gives someone else -- or the general public -- the right to traverse the letter-writer's block, the board would not be able to close off that block even if it wanted to.

The 78 floodgates installed in the lagoon will eventually close off the three inlets during high tides, blocking them from swamping the city.

The decision to close off the gardens has prompted rumours of other fences being set up to block views of the sailing race areas.

Do not close off the parentheses yet.

Opponents have argued that closing off the lake would block a vital shipping route.

The police had closed off the block to traffic, and were questioning the building's residents, she added.

Yesterday, dozens of police officers and sheriff's deputies, some wearing riot gear, arrived about 11 a.m. at the dilapidated building, between Avenues B and C, and closed off the block with blue sawhorses.

In September, the famously animal-friendly Corner Bookstore at 1313 Madison Avenue will close off a block for its annual Canine Buffet, a cocktail party with a 500-plus invitation list.