How to Use sandcastle in a Sentence

sandcastle

noun

• The top of the sandcastle is a replica of the virus in the form of a crown.
  — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2022
• The three of them make a sandcastle, complete with bridges and moats.
  — Shaila Kapoor, latimes.com, 25 June 2018
• But that whole life was gone in the fire, toppled like a sandcastle.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• But such is the case with snowmen and sandcastles as well.
  — Maggie Burch, House Beautiful, 13 Nov. 2018
• In a nutshell: It’s the last day of summer, and Pearl is determined to build a sandcastle.
  — Ciarra Chavarria, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2019
• Pearl problem-solves her way through the day, and in the end, her sandcastle — or rather, sand kingdom — is perfect.
  — Ciarra Chavarria, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2019
• After the election all of that crumbled like a sandcastle.
  — TIME.com, 2 Sep. 2017
• And then the amount of time till the next wave even further demolishes my sandcastle, that’s the period.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2023
• And there’s only so much a quick rubdown or rinse can do erase hours of body surfing and sandcastle building.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 July 2019
• Each team can have up to eight sandcastle builders, and alternates are allowed.
  — Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017
• The sandcastle took home the award for best Houston-centric at the competition.
  — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2019
• New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was roasted over the weekend—not by the sun, but by a sandcastle.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 5 July 2017
• In the photos, Cooper can be seen lying out, while Garner, dressed in a navy sweater, blue skirt, and white sneakers, helps Lea build a sandcastle.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Aug. 2020
• But building on a landfill involves more than just plopping a building atop it like a seashell on a sandcastle.
  — Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2021
• Sandcastle Days: On July 29 and Aug. 5, amateur sandcastle builders can learn to step up their skills from the pros.
  — Houston Chronicle, 14 June 2019
• Come for the fiery sunsets; stay for the beach bites and Pier Punch served in a souvenir bucket perfect for shell collecting and sandcastle building.
  — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024
• Get your hands dirty in the giant sandbox and learn how to build sandcastles under the guidance of professional artists.
  — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• This look is perfect for those of us who want to feel comfortable while lounging by the water, but are still ready to dive in to build a sandcastle with your kids at any second.
  — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2020
• But on the beach, DeLuca is frantically building a sandcastle before the tide comes in.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2021
• The beach was covered with hundreds of sandcastles, but only 11 had clues just below the sandcastle.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2021
• The beach was covered with hundreds of sandcastles, but only 11 had clues just below the sandcastle.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2021
• Teams work nonstop for five hours on their sandcastles, which often take months of preparation.
  — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2019
• The reinforced concrete walls were split to pieces, as if by a toddler barreling through a sandcastle.
  — Ferguson Bernard, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2019
• If there was no clue, the racer had to rebuild the sandcastle – which was surprisingly difficult to do.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2021
• Scavenger hunts, homemade coconut ice cream, sandcastle building, and tie-dye classes rank high on the list of things little ones love, too.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2023
• The character, Franklin, soon appeared on a beach, helping Charlie Brown build a sandcastle.
  — Michael Warren, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
• Kids have their own crafts, sandcastle building, and wildlife activities at Seedlings, its kids’ club.
  — Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 30 June 2023
• And the photo has to meet two key qualifications: It's gotta be funny and cute, like Gia doing pull-ups at the playground or building a sandcastle at the beach.
  — Mario Lopez, Redbook, 14 Aug. 2013
• Glide past gigantic limestone peaks, hop aboard kayaks to explore echoey grottoes, or make a sandcastle on one of the powdery white beaches.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Their arguments directly challenged the central allure of MBL: the promise of eternal life for a quantum sandcastle.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024