cell block
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cell block
Example Sentences
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After Sarkozy entered prison Tuesday, Le Pen reposted a video that she suggested was taken inside his prison with inmates hurling insults at him from across the cell block.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
He wasn’t surprised when, about a year after he received Stern’s letter, a trailer for a show about him appeared on the TV in the cell block.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025
The pair were in the same cell block - Mann serving four years for his role in a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004 and Chivayo a couple of years for fraud.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
Joe Stegner, a former Republican leader, helped bring Idaho closer than ever toward building a hospital to replace the cell block in 2007 and 2008.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023
Then a light went on in the anteroom leading to the cell block.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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