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

How I wish we could go back to that time, with all its dreaminess and all its castle-building.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James

Being a bit of a sanguine ass, I started castle-building on the foundation, and by the time the Karlstrasse was reached, I had planned, built, and furnished a very noble edifice indeed.

From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)