Examples of masonry in a Sentence
a structure built of masonry
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One of the marvels of Incan design is its masonry, encountered frequently in Cuzco and all through Machu Picchu.
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Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
After months marked by corruption, violence, and the open perversion of law, to gasp in outrage at the loss of a few tons of masonry and mortar might seem oddly misjudged.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Renovating the 4,000-square-foot Victorian Italianate home was no easy feat, as all the walls are made of solid masonry and bricks that were made on the farm.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
An impressive marble monument paid for by a relation had been destroyed when a train derailment near the masonry yard pulverized the marker, so Poe received a number on a sandstone grave.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
After months marked by corruption, violence, and the open perversion of law, to gasp in outrage at the loss of a few tons of masonry and mortar might seem oddly misjudged.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Renovating the 4,000-square-foot Victorian Italianate home was no easy feat, as all the walls are made of solid masonry and bricks that were made on the farm.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
An impressive marble monument paid for by a relation had been destroyed when a train derailment near the masonry yard pulverized the marker, so Poe received a number on a sandstone grave.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Masonry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masonry. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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masonry
noun
ma·son·ry
ˈmās-ᵊn-rē 
plural masonries
1
: something built of stone, brick, or concrete
2
: the art, trade, or occupation of a mason
3
: the work done by a mason
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