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

There are dark stains on the outer walls of Dean Carpenter's new-build home and when it rains, he says, sheets of water cascade down the brickwork.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025

Some of Mr Iliffe's neighbours also suffered damage to their properties - with other aerials destroyed, brickwork damaged, roof tiles blown off, and one with the windows blown out of his greenhouse.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

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