blocked-up

But the Holy of Holies was less than fifty feet away and there was still a crowd of kippot srugot praying in front of the blocked-up archway, rocking back and forth with their black prayer books in their hands and their Uzis hanging from their shoulder straps.

The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

To the left was another blocked-up archway and to the right was a steel door.

The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

To the left was another blocked-up archway and to the right was a steel door.

The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

But the Holy of Holies was less than fifty feet away and there was still a crowd of kippot srugot praying in front of the blocked-up archway, rocking back and forth with their black prayer books in their hands and their Uzis hanging from their shoulder straps.

The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

On Thursday afternoon, I stayed alert and had a great discussion with my Local Wise Woman about all the blocked-up, accumulated, unresolved emotions - all the things I need to get off my chest, you see?

Letting Go Gordie 2009

Photo albums were stacked up, and it looked as if papers had been burning in the old blocked-up fireplace.

Silent Scream: An Anna Travis Mystery Lynda La Plante 2009

Photo albums were stacked up, and it looked as if papers had been burning in the old blocked-up fireplace.

Silent Scream: An Anna Travis Mystery Lynda La Plante 2009

On Thursday afternoon, I stayed alert and had a great discussion with my Local Wise Woman about all the blocked-up, accumulated, unresolved emotions - all the things I need to get off my chest, you see?

Archive 2009-01-01 Gordie 2009

The very prison in the crowded street, a whirl of carriages and people, had some stray sense of the day, dropping through its chinks and crevices: and dismal prisoners who could not wind their faces round the barricading of the blocked-up windows, stretched out their hands, and clinging to the rusty bars, turned THEM towards the overflowing street: as if it were a cheerful fire, and could be shared in, that way.

Pictures from Italy 2007

Ali Bey suspects its having existed in the modern building, and declares that the exterior surface of the wall shows the tracery of a blocked-up door, similar to that still open.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003