built up
Example Sentences
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The built-up steam sprayed bits of rotten shark, seaweed, and Nim-didn’t-know-what in a rushing geyser far into the air.
From Literature
Once that confinement breaks down, the built-up tension is released and the metal rearranges into its usual crystalline form.
From Science Daily
That means there is less built-up immunity against it.
From BBC
Drones sold to the German military can’t be flown over built-up areas.
Eventually, that built-up pressure may be released in a single event.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
