Example Sentences
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No, that’s not me building castles in the sky.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Newlands said people bought castles because "they love the history and they want to play their part in bringing some of our built heritage back to life".
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
When gunpowder arrived and the emerging nation-states rendered obsolete the old art of war dominated by feudal lords entrenched in their castles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
"I invent things, you can't stop me," he told the France 3 channel in 2019 while showcasing another of his castles, the medieval chateau d'Excideuil in southwest France.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
The walls, the paneling, the pervasive heaviness of nearly new fixtures, the colossal firedogs, the walk-in fireplaces of bright new stone referred back through the centuries to a time of lonely castles in mute forests.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
