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
  • Here are the best white paint colors for brick exteriors.
    Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2024
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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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