brick wall
noun
1
: a wall made of brick
2
: an immovable block or obstruction
the plan ran into a brick wall
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Legos stuffed inside the cracks of its brick walls.
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
Its back brick wall, covered in blood stains and damaged by bullets, has since traveled the continent in search of a final resting place.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
On Wednesday, Soboroff arrived to find only smoldering ruins where his childhood home once stood, with little left but the remains of a chimney and a brick wall.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Though its often likened to a brick wall, the skin barrier can be damaged, leaving our living skin vulnerable.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
Its back brick wall, covered in blood stains and damaged by bullets, has since traveled the continent in search of a final resting place.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
On Wednesday, Soboroff arrived to find only smoldering ruins where his childhood home once stood, with little left but the remains of a chimney and a brick wall.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Though its often likened to a brick wall, the skin barrier can be damaged, leaving our living skin vulnerable.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brick wall
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick%20wall. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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