brick

Example Sentences

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Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal

The downtown flattened out to weedy lots strewn between plain brick and wooden clapboard buildings.

From Literature

In the direction of the White House, as fast as I can, feet slapping against the brick street, until my breath comes out in short barks.

From Literature

The door had been barricaded - reinforced with planks of wood and bricks - making entry more difficult.

From BBC

"I was there for 10 minutes as if it was my last breath. Then my neighbours came and removed the bricks... and took us to the clinic."

From Barron's