sandcastles
- plural of sandcastle.
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
Here, the Edgar can be seen chasing butterflies through Griffith Park, building sandcastles on Zuma Beach and falling asleep during Mass at Our Lady Queen of Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
