Sentence examples for lone block from inspiring English sources
Cocktails — oversweet save for the Tia Jemima ($11), a slap of fizz and smoke from birch beer and mezcal — are chilled with a lone block of ice.
The Piurans' regional slang is the lone stumbling block in Edith Grossman's otherwise smooth translation.
Without Camby, their lone shot-blocking threat, the Knicks' weak one-on-one perimeter defense was exposed.
At some points, search results yielded iconic images of the lone man blocking a column of tanks during the pro-democracy demonstrations of 1989 and even a graphic photograph of those killed during the governments violent crackdown.
And when an older man, the lone holdout blocking Mr. Paladino's development of a megastore, refused to sell the house he had lived in for 50 years, Mr. Paladino filed plans to surround the man's home with a sea of asphalt, which officials rejected.
But given the tenor of Judge Parker's remarks and Mr. Pirro's reaction upon leaving the conference -- a beaming smile -- speculation was rife among people at the courthouse that the angry juror may have been a stubborn lone wolf blocking consensus.
The democratic leadership was intent on "hotlining" the bill to bring it to a vote before members went home for the holidays but one lone Senator blocked passage.
And so a couple of weeks ago in the Camelback Ranch clubhouse, the new Dodgers boss found himself lying on a bed of cinder blocks with a lone 10-pound block sitting on his chest and a stranger preparing to smash that block with a sledge hammer.
That was the picture painted by Dick Pound, the International Olympic Committee vice president, who indicated yesterday in New York that China's human rights history is the lone potential stumbling block.
The British prime minister has fought a lone campaign to block Mr Juncker becoming the next EC president, saying his appointment would "ignore the clear pro-change and pro-reform message" delivered by European voters in last month's election.
