How to Use mortar in a Sentence

mortar

noun
  • Patch cracks and holes in mortar and brick.
    — Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Scenes like this are the mortar of the show.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These places are not just brick and mortar.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 7 May 2026
  • For Dheer, his goal is to go brick and mortar.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • If it's not sealed, use steel wool, mortar, or wire mesh to seal the gap.
    — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 22 May 2026
  • This should hold you over until that brick and mortar opens its doors.
    — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Creme patisserie acts as the mortar.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • The height of three bricks plus three mortar joints equals 8 inches.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • All the bricks were cleaned of their old mortar by volunteers.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The goal from the start was always to open a brick and mortar, Jones said.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
  • West rented out space in the back of Rosen’s brick and mortar for an event.
    — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The drone’s video camera can focus on the mortar joints as well as the brick or stone.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the restaurant’s very first brick and mortar came decades before.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
  • This bet on brick and mortar seems to have paid off, as far as investors are concerned.
    — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2025
  • This bet on brick and mortar seems to have paid off, as far as investors are concerned.
    — Sean Conlon,fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Exhibits here aren’t confined to brick and mortar.
    — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
  • For bricks and the mortar joints between the bricks and the tiles, use a stiff brush to scrub away any loose grit.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • My job was to use the mortar and pestle to pound down garlic and ginger.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Sink a third of them in the ground to create sturdy sides without mortar.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Pipkin said opening a brick and mortar was on his bucket list.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The best tools for doing this are a mortar and pestle or an electric spice grinder.
    — Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Piles of empty bullet shells and the remnants of at least one mortar lie on the ground.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Brick-and-mortar stores used to be key for the retail industry.
    — Sharon Harris, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This factory is more than bricks and mortar and stainless steel.
    — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Yet Shelly notes that brick and mortar isn’t going anywhere.
    — Mari Sato, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Vines will also sneak through gaps in windows or holes in mortar and grow right into your house.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • To the mortar, add the chiles, garlic, and shallot and pound until bruised.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Street foods from around the world now dominate in brick and mortar restaurants, too.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The big actions that build trust are the house’s bricks, and the little actions are the mortar.
    — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Reaching out of the trench to pick up one of their drones, a mortar shell exploded in front of his face.
    — Guy Davies, ABC News, 24 July 2023

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