brick-wall
Example Sentences
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Cherry claimed her colleagues on the finance and audit committee found that Murrell was "refusing to show them the books", while questions asked by the national executive committee were met with a "brick wall".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The building of the case is well done but what’s most memorable is the impenetrable brick wall of denial constructed by Shirilla’s family and friends in the face of that evidence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
His sudden transformation into a brick wall would have seemed impossible to anyone who watched him in the regular season, when he posted the fifth-worst save percentage among starting goalies in the NHL.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
And you, my friend, have come up against a brick wall on the eve of your 73rd birthday, when your first RMD is due, and there’s no way around it.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
A brick wall as high as me surrounds it and wild bushes grow higher.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
