brickwork

Example Sentences

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A few years ago, they considered stripping the paint to reveal the original brickwork of the more than 3,500-square-foot home, hoping to eliminate the need for future repainting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"The observatory is astronomy, it is also meteorology, and after many years I feel like I'm part of the brickwork."

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Under a microscope, most of the heart cockle's shell has a layered structure, with thin plates of aragonite stacked in different orientations, "kind of like fancy brickwork," McCoy said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

The city designations mean that Stonewall’s current owners can’t alter the building’s brickwork or flower boxes or signage without permission from the Landmarks commissioners.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024

The Mark of Athena blazed to life at the bottom of the cavern, revealing glistening brickwork along a subterranean canal forty feet below.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan