brick-wall
Example Sentences
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The power of absence and refusal is perhaps more edifying in literature — see “The Stranger,” “The Quiet Man,” the brick-wall calm of I-would-prefer-not-to Bartleby — than in real life.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
Famed for being rugby’s greatest ad-libbers, Fiji put the razzle-dazzle away and won in a very un-Fijian traditional way: Breakdown domination, brick-wall defense, and relentless commitment for 80 minutes.
From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2023
Last Sunday night, a small crowd gathered at Vermillion, a homey, brick-wall gallery and bar on Capitol Hill, ordered drinks and waited for the lecture to begin.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2019
I basically hit a very garden-variety brick-wall mid-life crisis.
From Salon • May 2, 2019
Beyond was a high, red brick-wall rich with ivy and wallflower and pennywort, and set along the top with broken glass.
From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
