How to Use blockage in a Sentence
blockage
noun- He had surgery to open up blockages in his arteries.
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The heat and force should help turn the blockage into smaller bits.
—Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
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The blockage forces the heart to work harder and can lead to cardiac damage.
—The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
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If there was, the injured tissue had to be removed and the blockage opened.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
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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
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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
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Tess returns, taking them on a route around the blockage.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
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Things might take longer now, but there won’t be a total blockage.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2022
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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
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The blockage has ignited wild price swings for crops and the cost of transporting them.
—New York Times, 28 July 2022
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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
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The cause was an intestinal blockage, her son Robert Schachter said.
—Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
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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
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Biliary atresia is a blockage of the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2022
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Keep in Mind: These curtains do not offer 100% blockage when used.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2022
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For physical breakup of the blockage, untwist and extend a wire hanger and poke around in there.
—Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
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When this occurs, the cells can clump together, leading to clots and blockages in the blood vessels.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
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Of course, there’s been a lot of repression and blockage, and inequality, but that was one of the openings.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
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An angiogram may not detect smooth blockages in the blood vessels.
—Donna Blass, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
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He was diagnosed with high blood cholesterol in 2019 and said a scan revealed a blockage in his heart.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
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The blockage wrought havoc on the global supply chain, cost tens of billions of dollars, and spurred many, many good memes.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
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There are different causes of stroke, but the most common is a blockage of blood flow to part of the brain, which is called an ischemic stroke.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2023
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In practice, this almost always means that there are blockages in the blood vessels.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 June 2023
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But when their heart is scanned, no blood vessel blockage or death of cardiac muscle is seen.
—Time, 1 Dec. 2022
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Once again, blockages in the river have focused attention on ideas of progress and the type of future locals hope to build.
—Adam M. Sowards, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 May 2023
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On top of his list of possible causes was ischemia, in which some type of blockage cuts off the supply of oxygen-rich blood to the gut.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
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Horsey had a painful blockage in his kidney that originated from a growth on his heart valve.
—Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2021
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This is a blockage in the duct that supplies sperm to the urethra during ejaculation.
—Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 June 2023
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During the breathing tube placement for the procedure, bile and water went into my lungs because of the blockages in my esophagus.
—Rachel S. Hunt, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
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Intestines Intestinal colic can occur as cramping in your intestines, usually due to a blockage in your large or small intestine.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
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