well-built
adjective
1
: built to be strong or to work well
a well-built house/car/system
2
: physically strong or attractive
Examples of well-built in a Sentence
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It’s ruthlessly engineered by Lexus to be comfortable, incredibly well-built, and profoundly unoffensive.
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Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
However, their offensive potency is bound to return when Haliburton comes back or shortly thereafter, and the Pacers finally seem well-built enough defensively to make their scoring numbers hold up.
—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2024
Construction Due to the nature of its work, a machete needs to be well-built with quality materials.
—Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
This paddle board was exceptionally easy to paddle around and felt well-built with high-quality materials and stitching.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
Though inflation was a bit noisy and the twin size was too short for a tall adult, the air mattress is well-built and highly versatile.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
Amazon This is both an affordable and well-built monitor.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
In a photo that appears on Galochkin’s GitHub and Gravatar profiles, a man appears well-built, with bushy dark brown eyebrows and a matching dark brown goatee.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
The Halo96 is exceptionally well-built, with doubleshot PBT keycaps, an aluminum case, and layers of silicone sound dampening that fine-tune its sound and feel.
—Chris Coke, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
However, their offensive potency is bound to return when Haliburton comes back or shortly thereafter, and the Pacers finally seem well-built enough defensively to make their scoring numbers hold up.
—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2024
Construction Due to the nature of its work, a machete needs to be well-built with quality materials.
—Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
This paddle board was exceptionally easy to paddle around and felt well-built with high-quality materials and stitching.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
Though inflation was a bit noisy and the twin size was too short for a tall adult, the air mattress is well-built and highly versatile.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
Amazon This is both an affordable and well-built monitor.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
In a photo that appears on Galochkin’s GitHub and Gravatar profiles, a man appears well-built, with bushy dark brown eyebrows and a matching dark brown goatee.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
The Halo96 is exceptionally well-built, with doubleshot PBT keycaps, an aluminum case, and layers of silicone sound dampening that fine-tune its sound and feel.
—Chris Coke, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Well-built.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-built. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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