Sentence examples for repoint from inspiring English sources
"repoint" is a word used in written (and spoken) English
It is a verb that refers to the process of repairing or replacing mortar between bricks in a structure. For example, "I need to repoint the brickwork on my chimney to keep it in good condition."
verb
To replace or repair the pointing in brickwork.
Workers will repoint the base of a chimney, repair a damaged section of fence, repaint shutters and replace security lighting on the roof.
"When it came time to repoint the bricks," Mr. Stanford said, "they'd covered them with fake stone siding that by the time we saw the house had faded to white".
According to the invoice, the builders were told to "rebuild walls to old water wheel structure", "repoint low level areas as agreed to house" and "leave the job tidy".
"I can repoint it," Guy said and made a gripping gesture with his right hand.
Two months ago, Alto began removing and replacing crumbling bricks and preparing to repoint the building's entire exterior.
An additional loan for $230,000 from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development was used to steam-clean and repoint the brick facade, repair masonry, install a new sidewalk and elevator, upgrade the boiler and spruce up the lobby.
"Presumably a big chunk of these gains would have occurred whether or not there had been an efficiency review," says Colin Talbot, professor of public policy at Nottingham University.In this section Howard's way Repointing the spires Babylon or bust Yes or nein?
Instead, they hope that a new pricing structure and a cost-cutting programme can save the company.In this section Howard's way Repointing the spires Babylon or bust Yes or nein?
His father, for example, spent 31 years in the Royal Air Force.In this section Howard's way Repointing the spires Babylon or bust Yes or nein?
Most high-profile Tory Europhiles are either sulking, after what they saw as Mr Blair's spineless acceptance of an unnecessary referendum; or staying quiet, so as to avoid embarrassing their increasingly Europhobic party in the run-up to an election.In this section Howard's way Repointing the spires Babylon or bust Yes or nein?
However, they fall far short of the more radical changes that would be needed to raise the home-ownership rate to 80%.In this section Howard's way Repointing the spires Babylon or bust Yes or nein?
