How to Use building in a Sentence
building
noun- We bought the land for building.
- My office is in that small brick building.
-
In the nineteen-sixties, modernizers in both of Britain’s main political parties argued that the building should be pulled down and replaced by a more modest structure.
— Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 -
The restaurant takes up about 7,000 square feet of the building.
— David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024 -
Fans used bounce and cheer with such force that the whole building shook.
— Emily Davies, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022 -
Her building, on the east end, was unscathed by the fire last week.
— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2024 -
The student body is small, so adults in the building know every child’s name.
— Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024 -
The answer varies based on factors unique to you and your building.
— Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022 -
The sky darkened, and strobes of light coated the court building in purple.
— Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023 -
Nevels pleads not guilty to homicide The first shot was intended to hit the man, but missed and struck the wall of a building.
— Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023 -
Experts say to get on the lowest floor and in the center of the building, away from windows.
— Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Feb. 2023 -
For kids ages 8 and up, pick up this Lego building set that’s inspired by Minecraft.
— Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023 -
The missile hit just above the joint where the building began to curve away from the embankment.
— Michael Schwirtz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Thus, the use of an urban building landscape in the ad campaign.
— Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 -
The monks and settlers cut native stone and timber to construct the first building on site.
— Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024 -
One of the victims shot at the Union building also died, police said.
— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Lewis and McLaughlin have been known to sneak athletes into the building through the back door to avoid the public eye.
— The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2023 -
White noise is pumped in through speakers, throughout the building.
— Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023 -
The mayor said there was damage to county roads and buildings due to the water.
— Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 17 July 2024 -
The building also houses the Café at Hotel 1928, a spot to grab a morning pick-me-up or sweet treat.
— Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Former closets and bedroom walls, in the alley next to the building.
— Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024 -
Trisha Brown choreographed dances on the rooftops and facades of cast-iron buildings.
— Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023 -
The variances had to deal with building and site design to fit the gas station on the 1.3-acre property.
— Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2024 -
At a third, a building owner sold a load to Mr. Chudegowda without the wait.
— Damien Cave Atul Loke, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024 -
Penny boarded the train in Brooklyn and was going to the gym near the Flatiron building.
— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024 -
In the months that followed the Marshall Fire, there were again calls to consider a statewide building code.
— Jennifer Oldham, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2022 -
Straus’s building has a pair of dark, stately columns that frame the entrance.
— Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 -
The baseball field was destroyed and some of the buildings were depleted.
— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025 -
Red Maple is waiting on zoning permission from the city to build a kitchen in the current garage of the building.
— Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023 -
More than a thousand homes, businesses and other buildings have burned and at least two people are dead in the destructive firestorms, as of Wednesday morning.
— David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'building.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: