built

Example Sentences

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“Cori has built a lot of trust with this group, and it shows in the way that she stays so composed,” Leger-Walker said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

To her right stood Brandon Ross, whose searing yet disarmingly tender electric guitar tones built like waves, exploded like starbursts or sketched lines of staggering intricacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But not enough refineries were built to keep up with demand for the fuel and in recent years governments have imposed higher taxes on it.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

When we trust systems we can’t see into, we lose the capacity to recognize—let alone resist—how they’ve been built to shape our behavior.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Green waves built up and beat against the land side of the island.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell