best-built

Updated: May 13, 2025

But I've heard mother say that he took great pride in the hut when he brought her to it first, and said it was the best-built hut within fifty miles.

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields

It is, on the whole, one of the best-built towns I have seen in the East, ranking, in this respect, next to Aleppo. At present, it has a desolate Ruined houses, and walls wanting repair, are seen in every part of the town; and Medina presents the same disheartening view as most of the Eastern towns, which now afford but faint images of their ancient splendour.

John Lewis Burckhardt - Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred

Then, turning to Watson: "I am over-eager, stranger. You are the best-built man I have seen for many a circle. But I shall best you." He paced to his throne and resumed his seat. "Let him tell us his tale. I repeat, Geos, that for all his beauty this one is an impostor. When he has spoken I shall confute him. I ask only that in the end he be turned over to me."

Homer Eon Flint - The Blind Spot

But the smashing force of the wave is where it curls and breaks, and it is there that the ladies wait for it. It is these breakers in a gale that tear to pieces and destroy the best-built ships once they touch the shore, scattering their timbers as the wind scatters leaves. The courage and the endurance women must possess to face a groundswell like this!

Richard Jefferies - The Open Air

"Next to Aleppo," he says, "Medina is the best-built town I have seen in the East. It is entirely of stone, the houses being generally three stories high, with flat tops. As they are not whitewashed, and the stone is brown in colour, the streets, which are very narrow, have usually a sombre appearance. They are often only two or three paces wide.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

Then we have fallen through rotten bridges, stuck in rivers and quicksands, and all sorts of things. One pony of this team, "Punch," was really the hardiest, best-built, best-natured and most intelligent of any I have ever known. Many a time, on long trips, has the other pony played completely out and actually dropped on the road. But Punch seemed to be never tired.

Thomas Carson - Ranching, Sport and Travel