How to Use blockage in a Sentence

blockage

noun

• He had surgery to open up blockages in his arteries.
• Some of the problems can be blamed on the six-day-long blockage of the Suez Canal in March.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 May 2021
• How was the train just sitting there on the other side of the blockage?
  — Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
• The heat and force should help turn the blockage into smaller bits.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• The blockage forces the heart to work harder and can lead to cardiac damage.
  — The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
• If there was, the injured tissue had to be removed and the blockage opened.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• If the pain centers on the forehead, that may indicate a blockage in the carotid artery in the neck.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
• The blockage added to a series of events that have wreaked havoc on the world’s supply lines.
  — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 23 June 2021
• The Russian blockage of millions of tons of grain has led to food shortages in Africa and Asia.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
• Tess returns, taking them on a route around the blockage.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
• Things might take longer now, but there won’t be a total blockage.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2022
• The fatty deposits can block the flow of oxygen and blood that the heart needs to work and the blockage can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
• In such a situation, the WCS can reroute totes around the blockage.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• The kind of heart attack caused by that blockage is known as the widow maker.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2021
• Will another incident such as a tsunami or the Suez Canal blockage stop the flow of goods to the West and the rest of the world?
  — Cyrus Hadavi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• Hundreds of other ships waited in place for the blockage to end.
  — Samy Magdy, ajc, 23 May 2021
• The blockage has ignited wild price swings for crops and the cost of transporting them.
  — New York Times, 28 July 2022
• The closure lasted so long because of the lane blockage and debris from the crash, the two agencies said.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
• The cause was an intestinal blockage, her son Robert Schachter said.
  — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• The blockage stops blood from reaching the left side of the heart, which then stops working properly.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 July 2021
• The Suez Canal blockage delayed goods shipments in March.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
• The self-driving car has become a blockage and is straddling the only open lane.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• My son took off the headphones and spoke without a single blockage.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 2 May 2021
• An ultrasound revealed a blockage in his leg, cutting off the flow of blood to his foot.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 July 2021
• Thomas said any blockage over 70% to 75% could be used to explain death, in the absence of another cause.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2021
• Global attention on the Suez Canal blockage last month gave them a new chance.
  — Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
• The doctors found a blockage on the left main artery or the left anterior descending artery of the heart.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 July 2021
• At the end of the show, Thompson began to report on a traffic blockage on the Red Mountain Freeway.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
• In some cases, the easing of supply chain blockages took months or even years to work their way through the global economy.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• Arterial blockage of 80% or 90% can lead to a heart attack.
  — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024