brick wall

noun

1

: a wall made of brick

2

: an immovable block or obstruction

the plan ran into a brick wall

Examples of brick wall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the early morning hours of July 31, 2022, Shirilla, then 17, drove her car into a brick wall in Strongsville, Ohio, going nearly 100 mph, with Dominic, 20, in the front passenger seat and their friend, Davion Flanagan, 19, in the backseat. —Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026

The film investigates the deaths of Cleveland locals Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan at the hands of Mackenzie Shirilla, the then-17-year-old girlfriend of Russo who drove the three of them into a brick wall going 100 mph. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 May 2026

Proud scars remain, like the Civil War-era bullet holes in the brick walls of the half-bath, which were once the exterior walls of the building. —Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2026

After a season filled with promise and a march through two rounds of the playoffs, the Colorado Avalanche hit a brick wall against the Vegas Golden Knights. —Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 26 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for brick wall

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale