mortar

Example Sentences

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Accordingly, in the White House video, a +100 integer flashes on-screen when a mortar shell connects with its target, as if the president himself were landing trick shots on his Twitch stream.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Now, the tech company is hitting back at Walmart in bricks and mortar retail, proposing to build a 225,000 square-foot store located in suburban Chicago.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

“Paint traps moisture, ruins the mortar, weakens and cracks the rock,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

"For even basic interventions to be done we need cement or lime mortar which is not available."

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

When it was dry the mortar would permanently bind the stones together.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay