Example sentences for: red-brick

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

  • The temple’s truly unique feature is the large red-brick aqueduct behind the main buildings, which still carries water from Lake Biwa and is a popular strolling route for local residents.

  • The bright new downtown area lovingly blends a modern and 19th-century atmosphere, especially along red-brick King Street.

  • It feels somewhat like a toy village — a miniature, flat version of Beacon Hill — with similar red-brick and black-shuttered homes lining sidewalks that are shaded by trees and lit by old-fashioned street lamps.

  • While the bourgeoisie’s red-brick or stone houses are clearly inspired by Georgian and Victorian London and grander residences by the country houses and châteaux of continental Europe, the working-class row houses with outside iron staircases leading to upper floors (thus saving space inside) are a more characteristic Montréal feature.

  • Here and around the tree-shaded Square St-Louis, nicely restored or equally nicely battered Victorian gingerbread mansions and iron-staircased row houses fight a picturesque rear-guard action against the encroachment of the modern red-brick blocks of the university.


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