How to Use brick in a Sentence

brick

1 of 2 noun
  • He has been an absolute brick.
  • The front part of the house is all brick.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Use stones or bricks to hold it in place.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But the fire in the red brick church house had swelled.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The brick layers want to do it.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • What was up with all the exposed brick?
    — Conrad Kickert, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The house has brick and wood shake siding.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • Patch cracks and holes in mortar and brick.
    — Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • These places are not just brick and mortar.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 7 May 2026
  • There are not a ton of books written about brick.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • The home’s sprawling pool deck is paved in red brick.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 8 June 2026
  • Wet the brick with a sponge dipped in plain water first.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Don't wait so long that the brick begins to dry, though.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Spray down the bricks and let the soap sit for a few minutes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • His wife dropped him off at the brick building and would be back soon.
    — Julia Coin may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • To do this, use a wire brush and soapy water to scrub down the brick.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Collect those write-ups, even the tiny ones, and stack them like bricks.
    — Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Beams and brick were left exposed and, in some spots, so was the raw lath.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
  • For Dheer, his goal is to go brick and mortar.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The ready made cornbreads are often dry as a brick.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The brick crumbled and left behind red flakes on her palm.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • One very easy and attractive way to do this is with old bricks.
    — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The vaulted brick ceilings are in there, too.
    — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The room’s shelves hold miniature sports cars made from Lego bricks.
    — Nick Haramis Ricardo Labougle, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • You will be dismantled brick by brick.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This should hold you over until that brick and mortar opens its doors.
    — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Don’t judge the 75-year-old brick building by its façade.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Others threw bricks and a metal pole.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • Here's the story about their brick oven pizza.
    — Gail Ciampa, The Providence Journal, 25 Feb. 2026
  • White bricks of coke form a wall that can grow, diminish or be moved.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023

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
  • Sexton tried to answer, bricking a pull-up jumper from the foul line.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • The glee in watching the Celtics stumble around in the first half, bricking jump shots.
    — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The century-old buildings that lined the main square were reduced to matchsticks and brick piles.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2021
  • How will brick-and-mortar stores fare in a time of continued fear over a deadly, airborne plague?
    — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Ghost Hand's journey to brick and mortar was anything but simple.
    — Michaela Heidemann, Chron, 6 May 2022
  • Most of these businesses no longer — or never have had — brick-and-mortar restaurants.
    — Margot Seeto, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Aug. 2021
  • This isn't the first time Logitech has essentially bricked one of its own devices.
    — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The code was changed to effectively brick or wipe computers in Russia.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • But the sharpshooter bricked the shot that will likely haunt his offseason memories.
    — Anthony Slater, Orange County Register, 7 June 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • In addition, foot traffic to brick-and-mortar stores remains weak because of the pandemic.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 16 Oct. 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
  • Hjelle bricked a dunk in front of a capacity crowd inside Rupp Arena at Kentucky.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But Curry was double teamed on the final possession, couldn’t find a window for a shot and passed to a teammate who bricked the game-winner from well outside the three-point arc.
    — Chris Chase, For The Win, 14 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • And if Torrey Smith hadn’t bricked a downfield throw, Wentz would have likely had another 30-plus-yard completion.
    — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The group that had signed on played selfishly, bricked an astonishing number of free throws and was led by a coach, George Karl, not known for his ability to unite a locker room.
    — Chris Mannix, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Flashing the custom firmware could completely brick the thermostats, so Kociemba warns against using it on a thermostat that is critical for heating or cooling needs.
    — PC Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025

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