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Here William Rufus had builded; here Coke and Bacon handed down the Law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Percy Haughton's widow watched the Columbia team that he had builded sink to defeat before Cornell at Ithaca.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, he was not lying; his own triumph had outrun him; he had builded even better in evil than even he could have hoped.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

He had builded upon that idea castles whose minarets wore the colors of sunrise.

From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell

And in fact he had builded better than he knew, for while he reproached himself, Mary, safe within the tiny bathing machine which the packet company called a cabin, was giving much thought to him.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John