Blok

[ blok; Russian blawk ]

noun

1. A·le·xan·der A·le·xan·dro·vich [al-ig-, zan, -der al-ig-, zan, -dr, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -dr, uh, -, -, zahn, -der, uh-lyi-, ksahndr, uh-lyi-, ksahn, -d, r, uh, -vyich], 1880–1921, Russian poet.

Blok

/ blɒk /

noun

1. BlokAleksandr Aleksandrovich18801921MRussianWRITING: poet Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (alɪkˈsandr alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1880–1921, Russian poet whose poems, which include Verses about the Beautiful Lady (1901–2) and Rasput'ya (1902–4), contain a mixture of symbolism, romanticism, tragedy, and irony

Example Sentences

He also said to his niece, Agnes Blok, "I do not long for death."

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His last production was an epithalamium on the marriage of his favorite niece, Agnes Blok.

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Raising himself in his chair as Louis ceased, he looked to Nickel Blok, and lifted his finger, without speaking a word.

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As is noted by Blok, the status of the peasantry fluctuated, the thirteenth century being one of partial retrogression.

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"A craft under Blok," shouted the look-out, that was still kept aloft as a necessary precaution.

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