Sentence examples for for block after block from inspiring English sources

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — At the Marcory market, iron shutters are pulled down tight over storefronts for block after block.

It showed fires blazing red and orange in all directions for block after block in the blackness of his subdivision, where the power had gone out.

Consider east Baltimore.Trash clogs the alleys, young men hang around on street corners and for block after block, the only legitimate enterprises are liquor stores and bail bondsmen.

As the televisions blinked for block after block, people tumbled out of the boats docked across the street, and crowds pushed into any empty space near the curb, making the skinny roads nearly impassable.

One wrong turn out of a trendy night spot or the Disney concert hall and you can find yourself in another world, where encampments of the drug-addicted and mentally ill spill out on to the sidewalk for block after block after block.

He was swept up by the crowd and propelled along the city's main commercial street for block after block, as some men pressed close to raise his hand overhead in a gesture of triumph while other people squeezed in to snap cellphone pictures.

As for Coney Island on weekends, block after block of beach was so jammed with people that it was barely possible to find a space to sit or to put down your book or your hot dog.

Its pages are a reminder that New York had showrooms that lined block after block on Broadway for nearly half a century, turning window-shopping into entertainment.

"It's unique for its cohesive streetscape that continues on and on block after block.

How ridiculous for this show window of the world to have block after block given over to factories!

Block after block of gridlocked New Jersey-bound traffic.