How to Use "Brick" with Example Sentences

brick (n): a block of baked clay used for building

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Used with adjectives:

"The house is made of red bricks."
(red, concrete, clay)

Used with nouns:

"They are building a brick house."
(house, wall, fireplace, building)

Used with verbs:

"He is laying bricks."
(be + laying, be + building with, be + using)

"He is carrying bricks from the truck to the house."
(be + carrying, be + hauling)

"Angry protestors began throwing bricks."
(throwing, hurling, tossing)

Used with prepositions:

"They built a house of bricks."
(of, out of)