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

Anti-social behaviour at Caerleon's Amphitheatre and Barracks has seen graffiti, the heat from barbecues damaging Roman brickwork and even a burnt-out motorbike left at the site.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 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 ivy which used to soften the effect of that bright red facade had been stripped away, perhaps to preserve the brickwork.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan