How to Use building block in a Sentence

building block

noun

• In a nutshell, the building blocks of any electoral consensus are weak at best.
  — Chris Jackson, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
• The past Fuel teams weren’t as close as this one, and Yun is looking to that as a building block.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2021
• Scientists say the unmanned moon mission could be a building block towards this project.
  — Stephanie Bailey, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
• Oil will continue to be used for fuel and as a building block for many essential products.
  — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• When brainstorming in person, use one flip chart for each building block and have everyone walk around and contribute ideas.
  — Gabriella Goddard, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• The Lions could spend a first-round pick on a pass catcher — a receiver or tight end — that would be a long-term building block for this offense.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2021
• Now he’s being moved to left tackle, as the only returning O-line starter and a major building block for next season.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
• In ordinary seasons, a game like Saturday would be a building block in a season, regardless of result.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2021
• Kenny Moore remains brilliant, a building block in a critical defensive spot who is under contract for the next three seasons.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2021
• But Swift wasn’t dealing with literal disease on top of diseased relationships, so Halsey has got a few extra building blocks here.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
• It's been found that in people with lactose intolerance, variations in the lactase gene change the protein building blocks (amino acids) of the lactase enzyme produced.
  — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
• Baker and his team harnessed the power of computers to decode how amino acid chains, the building blocks of proteins, fold into specific three-dimensional shapes.
  — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 9 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
• Proteins, a string of amino acid molecules, are the building blocks of life.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 9 Oct. 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

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024