How to Use brickwork in a Sentence

brickwork

noun

• Some of the brickwork is in need of repair.
• Video showed shattered windows and holes in the brickwork of some buildings.
  — Susan Blann, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022
• One of the bedrooms features a domed ceiling with brickwork laid out in a pattern of stars.
  — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 2 May 2018
• Much of the mosque and brickwork minaret was reduced to rubble, said a Reuters TV reporter who went to the site with the elite units that captured it.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 29 June 2017
• The cavity is paved with water-tight brickwork with steps that descend down to the basin’s floor.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2020
• Installing new, gray concrete pavers to replace the aged brickwork is on hold.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• ISIS last week broadcast a video showing much of the mosque and brickwork minaret reduced to rubble.
  — Maher Chmaytelli, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2017
• Inside, vines climb up the brickwork, and diners can watch the stars emerge during their meal through the glass panes that make up the building’s sloped roof.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 14 July 2023
• Custom brickwork was installed as paths and a patio, linking the two dwellings.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 17 May 2018
• Media showed images of damage to brickwork in Chapel Street in the inner suburb of South Yarra.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• In addition to the brickwork-and-concrete sign still visible on the façade, the store’s name was painted along the side closer to the corner.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 4 Jan. 2020
• Cracks run through the brickwork of Ms. Carter’s early-20th-century house, and wooden beams have been bolted to the walls to stabilize them.
  — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2019
• It’s the most dramatic piece of the decorative brickwork used all around the outside.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2020
• But that's the case for Compère Lapin, part of boutique hotel The Old 77, which has exposed brickwork and looming wooden beams.
  — Paul Oswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
• Exposed brickwork, a trio of dormers and a covered front porch lend classic curb appeal to the two-story.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2019
• Tucked behind hedges and gates, the 1948 ranch house has classic curb appeal with crisp white siding, exposed brickwork and a red front door.
  — Neal J. Leitereg and Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 5 Aug. 2017
• The building’s facade has some amazing glazed brickwork—green, orange, and red.
  — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 23 Sep. 2020
• The victim said a woman in her 60s who spoke fluent Polish knocked on her door and asked the victim about her outside brickwork.
  — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 1 May 2018
• There are replacements and repairs to do on the exterior brickwork, the chimney and one of the fireplaces.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
• Outside, brickwork surrounds the pool and a circular fire pit.
  — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 14 July 2017
• Lost in gray brickwork, obscured by ivy or moss, Sheela-na-gig stone carvings can be hard to spot in the wild -- but these medieval creations are in no way coy.
  — CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
• Entered via a courtyard, the 1930s home opens to living spaces full of dark hardwood floors and exposed brickwork.
  — Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• The wall that separates his living room from the next house is brickwork painted the color of straw, and the furnishings are a more muted shade, the color of hay.
  — ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2022
• His father was a Chicago policeman who owned his own brickwork business on the side.
  — Chrissie Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
• Sides of stone buildings, distant brickwork, walls of glass that faced south toward the sun, all gleamed with a transfixing brilliance.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• The next grant will cover repairs to the entry steps, wrought-iron railings and brickwork, as well as updates to the electrical system.
  — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2019
• The building needs brickwork along the roof parapet wall, gutter work, the 18 new windows, tree removal and emergency board-up.
  — Bert Stratton, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2020
• French doors line the living room, which expands to a landscaped backyard with brickwork and manicured hedges.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
• As the Peale Center sat vacant for nearly 20 years, plants and grass overtook the original stone and brickwork in the outdoor courtyard.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, baltimoresun.com, 10 July 2018
• Others could only lay an unusual type of brick or could only lay one particular brickwork pattern.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024