Rebuilt
[ri'bɪlt]
Examples
- Trinity Church was founded in 1696 and rebuilt in 1839. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A good shop for the latter was in the Strand--somewhere in that part which has been rebuilt since. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was the last asset in their fortunes, the nucleus around which their life was to be rebuilt. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The palace at Cnossos was destroyed, and never rebuilt nor reinhabited. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When a house is rebuilt, improved, or enlarged, there is a new valuation, and the tax is rated accordingly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the same strain his friend Bertin said that after the war everything would have to be rebuilt from the top to the bottom, the top especially. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Everywhere the nobility rebuilt or extended their chateaux to the new pattern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He has rebuilt Paris and has partly rebuilt every city in the state. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Parthenon of Athens, whose ruins are still a thing of beauty, was but the crown set upon the clustering glories of the Athens Pericles rebuilt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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