were bricking

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of brick.
  brick

  noun

  a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the United States, a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 centimeters), red, brown, or yellow in color.

Example Sentences

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were bricking

“He must have told her about the tunnel, because when I went by it this morning, the legionnaires were bricking it closed.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

He sat down beside her on the gallery, and sighed as he caught a glimpse of the men who were bricking up the grave that yawned on the right hand side of the lawn.

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson

The bank on either side they were bricking up and cementing. 

From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Related Words

• cinder block
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