How to Use brick in a Sentence

brick

1 of 2 noun

• He has been an absolute brick.
• The brick was part of a remodel that was done in the '30s.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023
• Are the bricks in the photo the smoking guns they’ve been made out to be?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2024
• The strike’s impact was even felt at the end of the yellow brick road in Oz.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2023
• For my husband, Scott, and me, that house took the form of a 1950s-era brick ranch house.
  — Parker Bowie Larson, ELLE Decor, 12 May 2023
• The room’s shelves hold miniature sports cars made from Lego bricks.
  — Nick Haramis Ricardo Labougle, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• There was an open kitchen in the center, and exposed brick.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Sep. 2023
• One of a kind three story brick home overlooks the pond on Schiller Park.
  — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
• Deep in the backyard is a brick fireplace original to the house.
  — Page Leggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• It’s made to be perched atop your head and, thanks to a sound brick, will deem what house you’re fated to.
  — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• The base model Air comes with the familiar 30W brick that’s been around for years.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 3 May 2023
• What’s more fun than building a rocket out of Lego bricks?
  — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
• On a nice day, don’t miss the extra-charming brick patio.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
• White bricks of coke form a wall that can grow, diminish or be moved.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
• Here, the bricks are dressed in extra mortar for an old-house patina.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2023
• The plant from Eurasia was first brought to California in the 1700s – it has been found in the adobe bricks of missions.
  — Julie Watson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
• Reports of bricks falling from the building were part of that work, Oswald said.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 4 June 2023
• The studio has its own entrance — with a black brick façade and clerestory windows.
  — Curbed, 31 July 2023
• Twyla constructed a makeshift land bridge out of bricks to walk dry from her backdoor to her shed.
  — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
• The color pairs well with the stems placed in the crock on the counter, while a couple of white pumpkins match the white brick, counters, and cabinets.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2023
• Red geraniums echo the red brick of this house and create a ribbon of color along the porch steps.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
• The vehicle left the road near the 800 block of Kay Court, crossed a grassy area and crashed into the brick building, television news footage of the scene showed.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
• Do your research, and don’t be afraid to visit a brick and mortar knife shop or try a few out at a large box store.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
• About four miles away, Legoland is the nearest theme park – based around the creative, colorful toy bricks.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• In 1840, Huffaker built the two-story brick home that still stands on the property.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• All the townhouses have brick and vinyl siding, small front yards, and rear decks off the second-floor, which is the main level.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Its streets were still paved with bricks that the newly free had laid in intricate patterns.
  — Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• Night of fire The little brick house on East Main Street was where two families had become one.
  — Emily Baumgaertner Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Beside him was the brick chimney of a house that burned down decades ago, and below was the concrete dam that had formed Copco Lake.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• As for the artwork to target, the piece should be small – for a sculpture, about the size of a brick; for a painting, no larger than a pizza box.
  — Michael Finkel, Time, 14 June 2023

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brick

2 of 2 verb

• The Horsey's bricked the front and back porches and sidewalks.
  — Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 21 Dec. 2017
• The glee in watching the Celtics stumble around in the first half, bricking jump shots.
  — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Gray said workers will brick several of the main streets, which the city will close off for events.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 June 2017
• Sexton tried to answer, bricking a pull-up jumper from the foul line.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2020
• With just over a minute left, Redick bricked a wide-open three from the left wing, a shot that would have given the Sixers a five-point lead.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 10 May 2018
• The century-old buildings that lined the main square were reduced to matchsticks and brick piles.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2021
• Gone are the days of Griffin bricking wide-open threes and purposely being sent to the free-throw line.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Murray then fired up an off-balance, leg-flailing three-pointer that bricked off the iron and seemed to end the game.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2018
• In order to avoid the tax, house owners would brick up all windows except six...
  — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2020
• As the ball bricked off the rim and the shooting guard ran back on defense, Walker stepped on the closest defender’s foot.
  — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 16 Nov. 2017
• After making the first, Tatum bricked the second but recovered to make the third to send the game to overtime locked at 81–81.
  — Emily Caron, SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Cedi Osman, bless his soul, tried to showboat on a breakaway dunk after a steal and bricked it.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• This isn't the first time Logitech has essentially bricked one of its own devices.
  — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2018
• How will brick-and-mortar stores fare in a time of continued fear over a deadly, airborne plague?
  — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
• Deary gutted the place to brick and studs himself, then moved walls to open it up, most notably in the master bath, where now no walls exist at all.
  — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 5 May 2011
• If a scoundrel moves the ST1 X just a few feet, the onboard security system locks the rear wheel, which essentially bricks the bike.
  — Rene Chun, WIRED, 15 July 2017
• But, stunningly, DeRozan bricked them both, and the Blazers had one final chance to force overtime with 7.1 seconds left.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2019
• There was lots of Not So Good Melo: bricked, inefficient shots combined with turnovers and fouls.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• Ghost Hand's journey to brick and mortar was anything but simple.
  — Michaela Heidemann, Chron, 6 May 2022
• Residents were forced to resettle deeper into East Berlin, and the windows and doors of the buildings were bricked up.
  — Tessa Love, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
• Sincere lived with his aunt in a second-​floor apartment on the city’s South Side, in a neighborhood of small single-family homes and brick two-flats.
  — Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• His garage, which sits perpendicular to Bayside, has a bricked-over wall.
  — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 5 May 2017
• The code was changed to effectively brick or wipe computers in Russia.
  — Tony Bradley, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• Most of these businesses no longer — or never have had — brick-and-mortar restaurants.
  — Margot Seeto, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Aug. 2021
• After bricking most of his shots in regulation during Nevada's matchup against Texas, the Wolf Pack's go-to scorer kept the faith.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
• Gerspacher reduced the size of the hotel, from 99 rooms to 75, and changed the exterior to brick to better match the historic character of downtown.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
• The game was already long over — the Heat up by 30 at that point — but the crowd that stayed might have gotten a small consolation prize if Haslem bricked his second attempt from the free-throw line.
  — Jordan McPherson, miamiherald, 5 Apr. 2018
• The day started with a senior sunrise breakfast where students ate, watched the sun come up and did brick awards a.k.a senior superlatives.
  — Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2021
• Hjelle bricked a dunk in front of a capacity crowd inside Rupp Arena at Kentucky.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Feb. 2020
• But Anthony -- in a fitting end to a forgettable night -- bricked a three-pointer before the final buzzer.
  — Joe Freeman, OregonLive.com, 26 Mar. 2018

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