How to Use building block in a Sentence

building block

noun
  • Proteins, a string of amino acid molecules, are the building blocks of life.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Your diet contains the building blocks for lipoproteins.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Lions are in a rebuild, and Sewell offers a terrific building block.
    oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Since when does having an up-and-coming building block for an NFL team get hurt qualify as good news?
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 May 2021
  • The bill is being closely watched as a building block toward a broader infrastructure package.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2021
  • Javadifar turned a roadblock in her career into a building block by becoming a strength and conditioning coach.
    ABC News, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Proteins are the building blocks of muscles, tissues, and cells, and sufficient protein intake is necessary for muscle protein synthesis and repair.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 15 Oct. 2024
  • They are made of chains of amino acids—commonly considered life’s building blocks—and their specific function is determined by the complex three-dimensional shape these chains fold into.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • One of the building block’s residents, the 87-year-old Martha quickly takes responsibility for the murder, much to the surprise of her family.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The building blocks for making it to the NFL are laid in high school.
    Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
  • For Tazewell, that choice became the building block for the rest of the costumes.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • How can the basic building blocks of our world move and change?
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 July 2024
  • It's meant to be a place to sit, a play spot kids can jump on and building blocks for the kids to play with.
    Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Brown ale and tomato paste: Like the beef broth, these are two building block of the sauce.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Among the building blocks of the Civil Rights Movement was music.
    Bev-Freda Jackson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This portion of the spine sets the building block for a majority of your core.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Think of our edit as the building blocks to a perfect capsule fall wardrobe.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Once the building blocks are in place, Boi-1da will meet with each artist to finalize their track for the final EP.
    Matt Tighe, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Collins was the first building block in Atlanta’s rebuild.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 25 June 2021
  • Yes, most farm subsidies go to corn and soy, two building blocks of cheap junk food.
    Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Use these four napkin folds (pumpkin, ghost, bat, and witch) as the building blocks for the rest of your table decor.
    Anna Logan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • Collagen acts as a building block for healthy hair, skin, nails, bones, and joints.
    ELLE, 30 Apr. 2022
  • There’s a ping-pong table, cornhole boards and a giant pile of foam building blocks for kids — all in use.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And then, the next step after that would be making solid building blocks.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Head coach Mike Aikens said the season was a huge building block for the franchise going forward.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2022
  • The primary building blocks of this design are the core complex dies (CCDs).
    Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 15 July 2024
  • They're made out of building blocks or other types of pieces that can be put together to build the robot.
    Julie Evans, Parents, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Of course, fitness is only one building block to greatness — in any sport.
    Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Their discussions led to plans for the first studio in Zanzibar — a move Elba believes could be the first building block of a global entertainment hub.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
  • But at the quantum level, the smallest particles that form the building blocks of all matter—including photons and electrons—behave differently.
    Pramod Kumar, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

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