Example sentences for: brick

How can you use “brick” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The street acquired its name in the 19th century, when it was laid out for the vehicles of the city’s Western residents; a more recent redesign evokes that era with red brick sidewalks and imitation gas lamps — but the boutiques along the street are up-to-the-minute.

  • In the same grounds is the magnificent three-story brick basilica of San Vitale, consecrated in 547.

  • Giza was the site of a royal burial ground from the days of the Early Empire and the desert landscape is dotted with numerous mud brick tombs and mastabas (stone tombs with flat roofs), though they are by no means as impressive as the pyramids themselves.

  • The three-tiered brick pagoda has gilded roofing, is topped by a golden bell-shaped cupola, and is decorated under the eaves by a fringe of wind chimes.

  • Nearby is the immense brick and white-marble Gothic Church of the Frari (full name Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, built by the Franciscans), above all celebrated for the high altar adorned with Titian’s jubilant Assumption of the Virgin.


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