Sentence examples for a brick thrown from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a brick thrown" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action involving a brick being thrown, often in a metaphorical or literal context.
Example: "In a fit of anger, he picked up a brick thrown by the crowd and hurled it back."
Alternatives: "a tossed brick" or "a hurled brick".

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The assertion made by these detractors is a note wrapped around a brick thrown through the window.

Cases include a brick thrown at a Belfast synagogue and "baby murderers" shouted at a synagogue in Liverpool.

Then Egypt became a bad place for them, and my dad had a brick thrown through his office window.

In South Yorkshire, where 16 transphobic hate crimes were recorded since 2012, a transgender person had a brick thrown at them in the street and another victim was punched in the face after having their wig and earrings pulled off.

Last August, Stephen Arthur was riding home to North Park Slope on his bicycle when he was struck in the head by a brick thrown from one of the two ramps onto the footbridge.

Singh, 77, says because of his moderate outlook he has received repeated threats from the group online and in person and has even had a brick thrown through his window.

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whokill has all the impact of that first brick thrown at a windowpane, in violent protest or jubilant celebration.

The problem came to a head on a hot night in August 1988 when hundreds of officers dressed in riot gear came to the park trying to enforce a 1 a.m. curfew and instead touched off a brick-throwing melee.

An earlier version stated a brick was thrown through the window of Angela Eagle's constituency office; it was in fact thrown through a window of the building that houses her office.

A brick was thrown through the glass door of the Monroe County Democratic Committee in Rochester.

"Not even a brick was thrown at them," said Abdul Qader Mohammed Jassim, the Iraqi defense minister.

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