Example sentences for: mortar

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

  • There is also a compound called wall saltpeter because it can leach out of the mortar between the bricks of damp walls: calcium nitrate (CaNO3).

  • However, the lure of Amsterdam’s bricks and mortar is only part of its excitement.

  • But this wonderful new building, with its 21st Century computer resources will need the continued involvement of many friends like you --people who understand that a library is more than bricks, mortar, and good architecture.

  • The NYT business section cites a fact that puts much Internet hype into perspective while powerfully explaining the rationale of the recent spate of "clicks and mortar" business deals: Wal-Mart is expected to report nearly $143 billion in domestic revenue for fiscal 1999, roughly 7 percent of the United States retail market and seven times all Internet sales combined.

  • The cone is formed by small limestone slabs set in a spiral without mortar to bind them.


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