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Brickbats | Brickbat

Brickbats meaning

Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.

Using Brickbats

  • The main meaning on this page is: Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.
  • In the example corpus, brickbats often appears in combinations such as: the brickbats, brickbats and, to brickbats.

Context around Brickbats

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

lobbing 1× latest 1× launching 1×

Often after:

keep 1×

Sentence patterns with Brickbats

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

government both brickbats and bouquets 2× been launching brickbats at president 1× bouquets and brickbats 1× escaped the brickbats but if 1× felt the brickbats were largely 1× have had brickbats and filled 1× led to brickbats of which 1× merrily lobbing brickbats 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

while 2019 was 2× although murray felt 1× and yet the 1× chief minister edappadi 1× choosing a career 1× critics are more 1×

Common sentence endings:

brickbats and bouquets 2× bouquets and brickbats 1× brickbats keep coming 1× dire economic situation 1× ex president obasanjo 1× his song s 1×

Words around Brickbats

Just before it in the word index:

brickbat 3 brick 1.391 bricia 2 bricha 2 briceno 20 briceni 2

Just after it in the word index:

brickblock 6 brickdam 9 bricked 23 brickell 18 bricker 18 bricket 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Brickbats

  • In this selection, "brickbats" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lobbing, latest, launching and keep stand out and add context to how "brickbats" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include government both brickbats and bouquets and been launching brickbats at president. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "brickbats" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with brickbats

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And yet, the brickbats keep coming. (6 words)

I’m enjoying this latest brickbats between President Buhari & Ex-President Obasanjo. (12 words)

Instead, they have had brickbats and filled the front pages for all the wrong reasons, yet again. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

While 2019 was the year the public’s romance with the idea of Khan as the founder of a new and improved Pakistan began to sour, the year also threw several curveballs at the government- both brickbats and bouquets. (39 words)

While 2019 was the year the public’s romance with the idea of Khan as the founder of a new and improved Pakistan began to sour, it also threw several curveballs at the government- both brickbats and bouquets. (38 words)

Moyo has been launching brickbats at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government ever since he fled into self-imposed exile, following the fall of former leader Robert Mugabe in November last year. (31 words)

Example sentences (14)

And yet, the brickbats keep coming.

Although Murray felt the brickbats were largely undeserved, Rovers have clearly worked on being more parsimonious in defence.

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, in four days, has handled two complex and sensitive caste-related demands, attracting both bouquets and brickbats.

Choosing a career in golf, when her uncle happens to be the most famous player of all time, led to brickbats of which she was immediately aware.

She earned bouquets as well as brickbats from various people, including politicians, for her act of showing support to the JNU students.

While 2019 was the year the public’s romance with the idea of Khan as the founder of a new and improved Pakistan began to sour, it also threw several curveballs at the government- both brickbats and bouquets.

While 2019 was the year the public’s romance with the idea of Khan as the founder of a new and improved Pakistan began to sour, the year also threw several curveballs at the government- both brickbats and bouquets.

Instead, they have had brickbats and filled the front pages for all the wrong reasons, yet again.

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The interview, set for this Friday on a State controlled radio station, could expose Mnangagwa to brickbats from an angry public given the country's dire economic situation.

Critics are more or less united in their derision – as are their fellow rock stars, with Alice Cooper and Liam Gallagher among those merrily lobbing brickbats.

For the better part of last year, they threw several brickbats at each other, especially with Blackface accusing 2face of stealing his song (s).

I’m enjoying this latest brickbats between President Buhari & Ex-President Obasanjo.

Moyo has been launching brickbats at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government ever since he fled into self-imposed exile, following the fall of former leader Robert Mugabe in November last year.

Tim Cook has mostly escaped the brickbats, but if Steve Jobs were still with us, it seems he’d be the biggest target of all.

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Common combinations with brickbats

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "brickbats" in a sentence?
An example: "And yet, the brickbats keep coming." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "brickbats" from authentic English texts.
What does "brickbats" mean?
Brickbats means: Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.
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