How to Use bricklayer in a Sentence
bricklayer
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My dad was a bricklayer in the 70's and sometimes there was no work for him.
—Marcia Pledger, cleveland.com, 15 Jan. 2018
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Bonomo's dad was a bricklayer who also took his son to the track.
—Dick Jerardi, Philly.com, 17 May 2017
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Case in point: Leroy Payne, the son of a carpenter and bricklayer from Huntsville.
—al, 30 May 2021
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The son of a Perth bricklayer, Rowe’s fortune is self-made, like those of many of the vessel’s owners.
—Fortune, 8 Dec. 2017
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More: Her father was a healthy, 49-year-old bricklayer on a job.
—Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2020
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The bricklayer bought land in western Guyana last month and is now saving to build his first home and buy a new car.
—Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2023
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His father was a bricklayer, but Lahey wasn’t cut out for the trade.
—Alison Kuznitz, courant.com, 2 July 2018
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Their mother sold food in the streets, while their father was a bricklayer.
—Julie Turkewitz Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
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His father was a bricklayer, and for a time Cooper was one too.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
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Her father was a bricklayer, and her mother was a house cleaner and worked at a pub.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
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Roebuck worked as a bricklayer, in a steel mill, and in a vast and fragrant slaughterhouse that was known in town as the House of Blood.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
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Not long ago, the boxy, brick-nosed pickup might have drawn the interest of a bricklayer or a roofer looking for a cheap work truck.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2021
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Bob Brady is a vestige of the days when Democrats were aligned with the disenfranchised, the beat cop, the trash guy, the burly Irish bricklayer, and the Italian grandma in a house dress.
—Christine M. Flowers, Philly.com, 2 Feb. 2018
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But here's what bothered me: Why a bricklayer and not a pipefitter?
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
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Born and raised in Osogbo, Mr. Akanji used to be a bricklayer.
—Femke Van Zeijl, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2016
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The firm was able to use just two bricklayers instead of seven, cutting costs despite the $2,900 weekly rental fee for SAM.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
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In 1900 his great grandfather William Wood, a bricklayer, had owned his home and land free and clear, no mean feat for an African American man in that era.
—al, 5 May 2021
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Your mother was a cleaner and your father a bricklayer.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Apr. 2018
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But with God’s help, her great obstetrician, Dr. Ron Lorenzini, with the big hands of a bricklayer, saved them all.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
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His father, a bricklayer, was killed in action during World War II.
—Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2019
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The younger Robinson worked as a teacher and bricklayer, among other jobs, before joining Scholastic in the mid-1960s.
—Hillel Italie, ajc, 7 June 2021
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Her father, a bricklayer, was tasked with dropping them off instead.
—Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 19 June 2018
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Think like a bricklayer, spacing bricks a few inches apart, then stacking the next layer with a brick straddling two bricks below.
—Sally Walker Davies, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2014
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Her father was a bricklayer, her mother a house cleaner and barmaid.
—Benedict Nightingale, New York Times, 15 June 2023
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His father was a bricklayer, and his mother was a homemaker.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
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Soloviev's father, Solow, was the son of a bricklayer who dropped out of New York University to go into real estate.
—Patrick Clark, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2019
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Jaime Martínez Miranda, 21, was a bricklayer who was close to his family.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
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His mother earned some money in a tobacco shop, while his father eked out a living as a bricklayer.
—Andrew Marton, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2019
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Back then, the bricklayers could barely keep pace with an onrush of Irish, German and Italian immigrants.
—Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 12 July 2018
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That represents a major U-turn, after ministers added bricklayers to the list to help the construction industry just months ago.
—Kitty Donaldson, Fortune Europe, 5 Dec. 2023
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