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

In 2013, insulation boards were fixed to the exterior brickwork of the Victorian homes and render applied with the purpose of making it waterproof.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 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

An impacted welter of metal and brickwork and timber so thick that it’s hard to believe twenty men could get through.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr