On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Bricklayer. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as craftsman or artisan and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Bricklayer meaning
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
Synonyms of Bricklayer
Using Bricklayer
- The main meaning on this page is: A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
- Useful related words include: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer.
- In the example corpus, bricklayer often appears in combinations such as: apprentice bricklayer, as bricklayer, bricklayer who.
Context around Bricklayer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bricklayer
- In this selection, "bricklayer" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apprentice, old, junior, mentioned, jay and alive stand out and add context to how "bricklayer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an apprentice bricklayer at the and apprentice bricklayer jay from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bricklayer" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bricklayer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Marina said: "He was a bricklayer and I worked at Littlewoods Pools. (12 words)
A system where individuals can progress their training ie ‘from bricklayer to architect’. (13 words)
The bricklayer mentioned it at work and was given the knuckleduster by a colleague. (14 words)
In Santa Bárbara del Zulia, on the hot plains south of western Lake Maracaibo, “the situation is the same,” Julio, a bricklayer who migrated to Colombia for four years and has returned to care for his elderly parents, told IPS. (40 words)
On Sunday, June 16, the apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, left the festival with “two English lads he met at a party” to go back to their accomodation for a “few beers”, driving to the apartment in a hire car. (40 words)
Not the usual course of action for someone “losing the plot” on a drug and alcohol binge but bricklayer Tom decided he wanted his dogs to learn about plumbing and electrics after what must have been a colossal sesh. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Stafford builder and bricklayer has released a song and will be donating all the proceeds to charity.
A system where individuals can progress their training ie ‘from bricklayer to architect’.
David, who had epilepsy and Asperger’s syndrome, attended Aspris College North Wales in Wrexham and hoped to become a bricklayer.
He joined up with the Royal Navy aged 17 after "a particularly frosty November" put him off working as a bricklayer.
His son, Ian, who worked as an apprentice bricklayer at the works, also lost his job.
In Santa Bárbara del Zulia, on the hot plains south of western Lake Maracaibo, “the situation is the same,” Julio, a bricklayer who migrated to Colombia for four years and has returned to care for his elderly parents, told IPS.
Still working as a bricklayer, he was living with his sister Coral Langley and her family at No 7 Jubilee Road in Downley.
The bricklayer mentioned it at work and was given the knuckleduster by a colleague.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, vanished in the area on June 17 after leaving an Airbnb he went to with two men.
Brad is one of the friends who went on holiday to Tenerife with the 19-year-old bricklayer who has been missing since June 17.
Fingerprints confirmed it was indeed Jay, extinguishing any hopes his loved ones had of finding the apprentice bricklayer alive.
From left to right: Wyatt Trexler, David Payne, and Mason Ridenhour after winning the Spec Mix Junior Bricklayer 500 World Championship in Las Vegas.
It comes as police in Tenerife in the Canary Islands are investigating a fresh theory that the missing 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer is "alive" away from the search area.
Marina said: "He was a bricklayer and I worked at Littlewoods Pools.
Not the usual course of action for someone “losing the plot” on a drug and alcohol binge but bricklayer Tom decided he wanted his dogs to learn about plumbing and electrics after what must have been a colossal sesh.
On Sunday, June 16, the apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, left the festival with “two English lads he met at a party” to go back to their accomodation for a “few beers”, driving to the apartment in a hire car.
The 52-year-old bricklayer had been in a relationship for seven years which ended in January this year.
The apprentice bricklayer, who flew out to the popular holiday island for a rave festival with friends Lucy Law and Brad Page, has made headlines around the country.
The recently qualified bricklayer, who met Ms Gordon through a mutual friend at the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall they attended, was paid £29,000 and agreed to build the extension within two months.
Warren Slater has called for the British authorities and the international police authorities to get involved after the Spanish Police search for the apprentice bricklayer ended on June 30.
Common combinations with bricklayer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- apprentice bricklayer 7×
- as bricklayer 5×
- bricklayer who 4×
- -year-old bricklayer 4×
- bricklayer and 4×
- and bricklayer 2×
- the bricklayer 2×
- was bricklayer 2×
- of bricklayer 2×