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
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
We both reside in a cell block called East Wing.
From Slate ● May 19, 2025
Armstrong and the other inmates in the cell block hoped the disruption would blow over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
The doorway we’d come through must have been some kind of receiving entrance for the lower floor of the cell block.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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