How to Use build around in a Sentence

build around

phrasal verb

• And your goal is to build around a centerpiece with the right pieces.
  — Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
• The huge deck that runs along the back of the house was built around a couple of trees that provide shade.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2024
• What is the starting rate for the suite, and what kind of packages can guests build around it?
  — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 24 Apr. 2023
• The show is built around the Dutch painter’s Portrait of the Artist (1887), which is now on display in Wales for the first time.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
• This was a true concert, built around the songs and the performance.
  — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Once the shuttle full stack is in place, the rest of the museum will be built around it.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• The view here is that Adebayo is a keeper, the player the Heat should most want to build around.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
• The team once planned to build around homegrown players.
  — Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2023
• The defense will be built around Cruz, Aiden Smith and Hurley.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
• About a dozen houses were built around the tracks, and the U.S. Postal Service put an office here in 1901.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2023
• The game is built around gliding and, to some extent, flying.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2023
• The legacy that has been building around USA Wrestling, the bar that has been raised in freestyle wrestling, is amazing.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024
• Let Alex Perry show you this home, which is built around a courtyard.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• But amid the carnage, the Sharks appear to have found another piece to build around.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
• But the car built around this willing chassis is starting to show its age.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 4 Aug. 2023
• Image The still lifes are built around themes, and some seem straightforward.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• In this case, the sitcom Shakespeare is built around two contrivances.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• So, with their additional Day 2 pick, the Panthers land Wright in the third round to build around Young.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
• Still, Nabers is giving the Giants something to build around and believe in.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
• It will be built around Nvidia's new Blackwell chip platform.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
• Laptops built around the Lunar Lake chips are expected to launch in Q3 of this year.
  — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 20 May 2024
• The neighborhood is built around the idea that getting old doesn’t mean staying still.
  — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• The current design of Zipline’s Platform 2 Droid is built around a large thruster in the rear and two smaller thrusters at the front and back.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
• The brand is also built around garments designed for a range of uses.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
• His lack of defensive awareness on a team built around two-way play.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• White secured the rights to the building by May 1957, and a buzz started to build around his hotel and club throughout the city and across the county.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• For starters, it’s built around a steel plate frame with sandwich panel walls coated in steel.
  — Allison Cacich, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
• While Threads is built around text updates, it will not be limited to words.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
• Most houses in Pompeii were built around an atrium, as was common for the time.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• Both the belt and chain variants are built around a 6061 aluminum alloy frame and fork with an adjustable stem for improved comfort and fit.
  — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024