Sentence examples for heard a block from inspiring English sources

The blast was heard a block away.

They have dark, furry skin, and their squeals can be heard a block away from Mr. Girgis' home.

He is fond of pink dress shirts and navy pinstriped suits, has a cackling laugh that can be heard a block away and has a gutsy pragmatism about the automotive game.

One witness, a woman who lives in the nearby Throgs Neck Houses project and who would not give her name, said she was walking her dog on a grassy patch on the northeast corner of Schley and Balcom Avenues when she heard a screech a block away, then saw two cars that appeared to be drag racing turn from Randall Avenue onto Balcom Avenue.

The explosion could be heard a few blocks away.

The sounds of battle could be heard a few blocks away, and thick smoke billowed over part of Tripoli Street, one of the city's main fronts.

"I come here as one of you — an Iowan!" Ms. Bachmann said on the steps of the Capitol, her voice amplified so much it could be heard a few blocks away.

While Jarvis Cocker moans authentically as he documents events such as "dogs doing it in central reservations, causing multiple pile-ups in the centre of town", keyboardist Candida Doyle relates a bizarre incident from her childhood, when she heard an entire block of flats going at it.

And a child's voice is heard from a block away, excitedly raising the alarm: "Funk!

The victim told police he was about to get into his car when he heard gunshots a block away.

He is especially worried about the popularity of new walkie-talkie speaker-cellphones that put out beeps and other sounds that can be heard literally a block away.