Sentence examples for it blocking from inspiring English sources
First dozens of men tried to corner it, blocking off its escape routes and chasing it away from the village.
They have also turned their ire on to the House of Lords by ordering a review of its operation to stop it blocking financial measures approved by MPs.
The researchers first detected GJ 1132b in May 2014, when they noticed a telltale dip in the brightness of a small red dwarf star that suggested a planet had passed in front of it, blocking some of its light.
He and Amtrak are still negotiating over whether New York Central No. 3 will be the last car on the Lakeshore Limited leaving Albany, or whether Amtrak will put mail cars behind it, blocking the view from its observation platform, the kind of platform presidential candidates could have given speeches from.
By observing the starlight over long periods of time, they could tell when an orbiting planet passed in front of it, blocking a small fraction of its light in a periodic fashion.
21, 22 For an intuitive understanding, imagine a domino balanced on its edge – pushing either side topples it, blocking the other side.
First it blocked and flooded.
It blocked the Moors' invasion of France.
But it block Lords reform.
It blocked three field goals this season.
