running bond

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noun

a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.

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Also called stretcher bond.

Words nearby running bond

runner-up, running, running back, running belay, running board, running bond, running broad jump, running commentary, running dog, running English, running fix

How to use running bond in a sentence

But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
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The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.
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Several Republicans won primaries in 2014 by running as ideologically pure conservatives who wanted new leadership in the House.
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But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.
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AIDS insanity: When running for the US Senate in 1992, Huckabee called for a quarantine of people who had AIDS.
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There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Father Gaspara was about to ask another question, when Ramona appeared in the doorway, flushed with running.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
After the Reserve Banks have been in operation long enough to be running smoothly, not a few branches will doubtless be organized.
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The fire along the three miles front is like the rumble of an express train running over fog signals.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton