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

These schemes commonly used external wall insulation, which involves fixing insulation boards to the exterior brickwork and then applying render to make it waterproof.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Anti-social behaviour at Caerleon's Amphitheatre and Barracks has seen graffiti, the heat from barbecues damaging Roman brickwork and even a burnt-out motorbike left at the site.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 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 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