block house
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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By nightfall, she was curled up in bed in her family’s bright pink cinder block house with vegetables growing in the backyard.
From New York Times
Teams of first responders and experts were assessing the damage, going “block to block, house to house to do a thorough assessment,” the statement said.
From Washington Post
The 42-year-old woman is fearful her unsuccessful migration could cost her more than she can bear — even the single-story concrete block house her husband built on land passed down from her great grandparents in this mountaintop hamlet in south-central Guatemala.
From Seattle Times
Lanwermeyer lived in a cement block house with a cement floor and a metal roof.
From Washington Times
Right now, her empire is a concrete block house crowded with six grandchildren, most of them doing school online.
From Washington Times
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