Obstructs in a Sentence
  • It grows in marshes, ditches, pools and drains in meadows, and sometimes obstructs the flow of water with its dense matted roots.
  • A large sand bar obstructs the entrance to the river, which is not quite 1 m.
  • The river bar obstructs navigation, the depth not exceeding 14 ft., so that large vessels must lie outside.
  • They pass more readily through mucous membranes, but almost every one of these is provided not only with a coating of mucus, which obstructs their passage, but with some reflex mechanism which tends to remove them.
  • The current fencing obstructs the public footpath -- there is a gate to one side but no stile over the fence the other side.
  • Such people, in fact, find themselves in a situation that seriously obstructs them from properly relating to men and women.
  • Also, don't create a centerpiece so large it obstructs the line of vision across the table, so people can chat easily.
  • Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious condition that occurs when throat tissue collapses and obstructs the airway.
  • Airway obstruction injury-An injury that obstructs the airway and prevents proper breathing, either through strangulation, suffocation, or choking.
  • Coarctation of the aorta-A congenital defect in which severe narrowing or constriction of the aorta obstructs the flow of blood.
  • This placement creates sha chi or bad chi because it interrupts or obstructs the natural energy flow.