castle-building

Example Sentences

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Head to the sandy beach for volleyball nets, kite flying, castle-building and beachcombing for “weird rocks” of your own.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

But more have been seen in May and June — including ones that captured the crowd’s attention last weekend at an annual sand castle-building contest at Crown Beach in Alameda.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2015

But more have been seen in May and June -- including ones that captured the crowd's attention last weekend at an annual sand castle-building contest at Crown Beach in Alameda.

From US News • Jun. 13, 2015

This curious and unexpected explanation, brought thus to a happy issue, put Tom into high spirits, and at once roused the castle-building power within him, which was always ready enough to wake up.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

At this stage the crusades, and the consequent opportunities afforded to western engineers of studying the solid fortresses of the Byzantine empire, revolutionized the art of castle-building, which henceforward follows recognized principles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various