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

On Wednesday, the artists discovered graffiti had been sprayed on the brickwork and windows around the new entrance on River Drive.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

A survey carried out at Ysgol Greenhill found 750 areas of concrete in "poor condition" with cracks in both brickwork and concrete slabs.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 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 shallow channel ran down the middle of a brickwork tunnel.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan