MASONRY in a Sentence

Learn MASONRY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

11 example sentences for MASONRY, such as:

1. Outside was a considerable yard full of monumental masonry.
2. The masonry at the crown of the arch is paler than on either curve.
3. They mostly lie like the great knobbed blocks on a Gothic spire, forming solid courses of heavy masonry.
4. They offer commercial and residential masonry and tile contracting, renovations, repairs and restoration.
5. Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.

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 Meanings and Examples of MASONRY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
masonry
 n.  craft of a construction worker; structure built of stone or brick
Classic Sentence:
1  She presents the curious anomaly of the most solid masonry joining with oak and hemp in constituting the completed ship.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
2  The foundation does not penetrate the deck, but the masonry is firmly secured to the surface by ponderous knees of iron bracing it on all sides, and screwing it down to the timbers.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
3  Removing the fire-board from the front of the try-works, the bare masonry of that side is exposed, penetrated by the two iron mouths of the furnaces, directly underneath the pots.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
4  They mostly lie like the great knobbed blocks on a Gothic spire, forming solid courses of heavy masonry.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton.
5  Meanwhile, others of the ship's company were tumultuously busy at the masonry of the try-works, from which the huge pots had been removed.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
6  Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
7  Outside was a considerable yard full of monumental masonry.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
8  It blundered against a block of granite, staggered aside, and in a moment was hidden in a black shadow beneath another pile of ruined masonry.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
9  I descended, minding carefully where I went, for the stairs were dark, being only lit by loopholes in the heavy masonry.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  They offer commercial and residential masonry and tile contracting, renovations, repairs and restoration.
2  The masonry at the crown of the arch is paler than on either curve.