sandcastle
noun
a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
sandcastles
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pluralof sandcastle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With dreams of this inheritance, you were building sandcastles in the sky, a future without any foundation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
Waves crashed against the tiered steps, children wearing coats built sandcastles, and one woman took off her Chelsea boots and dug her bare feet into the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
"We just got here, so I'll look at the menu, get in the water, build some sandcastles with baby girl and then circle back in about an hour."
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2023
There was the beach, where people swam, and surfed, and built sandcastles, and then the vast expanses offshore, which you had to get in a boat to see.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2022
Megan liked to build sandcastles and collect shells and play sand tennis and read magazines.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
