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

It is long since I indulged in my old habit of castle-building; and yet now, at every instant, some new notion strikes me, and I fancy some new field for active labour and exertion.

From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

As soon as they were gone Edward, who was still castle-building instead of offering his services to Alice, brought out his father’s sword and commenced cleaning it.

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick