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castle-building

NOUN
reverie
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contemplation fantasy meditation trance
STRONG
absorption abstraction detachment dreaminess dreaming inattention muse musing pensiveness phantasy preoccupation study thought trip woolgathering
WEAK
absent-mindedness castles in the air fool's paradise head trip mind trip pipe dream
Antonyms
WEAK
nightmare

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

If she had not enough of material, she immediately invented more, and thus continued her castle-building.

From The Young Trawler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

The Freiherr had architects come, and discussed with them at great length what would be the most convenient way to proceed with his castle-building.

From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)