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Example sentences for "build upon"

  • If we have a Rock on which to build our confidence, let us see that the confidence which we build upon it is rocklike too.

  • If we have a God immutable and unchangeable to build upon, let us build upon Him immutability and unchangeableness.

  • We ought to be faithful, for we build upon a faithful God.

  • No; if I mistake In those foundations which I build upon, The centre is not big enough to bear A school-boy's top.

  • So did I mine, to build upon a foolish woman's promise.

  • We, you in the Congress and I as the Executive, had to build upon a broad base.

  • Where there has been progress, we will try to build upon it.

  • I do so, confident in the thought that with clear objectives and with firm determination, we can, in the next 10 years, build upon the [p.

  • And not only so, but--if I might venture to build upon a word of the context--there seems to be another consideration there.

  • A stone so gigantic and so firm God has laid for man to build upon.

  • If He gives us the sure foundation to build upon, it will be a shame for us to bring wood, hay, stubble, and build these upon the Rock of Ages.

  • It will do us good to ask ourselves why it is that, with a promise like this for every Christian soul to build upon, there are so few Christian souls that have anything like realised its fulness and its depth.

  • If we build upon Him we build upon a rock; if we build anywhere else we build upon the sand.

  • But we build upon a sandy foundation without a positive religious basis.

  • We go up to the true basis of life for firm ground to build upon.

  • We have a foundation then to build upon, and filial respect rests upon the Word of God, the welfare of the home, the good of society, and the peace of the soul.

  • Unless knowledge is certain, it is worthless,--there is no foundation to build upon.

  • If she receives them with any sort of temper, that will be a foundation--and let me alone to build upon it.

  • A young lady who is sensible that she has all the materials requisites herself, to be under maternal controul;--fine ground for a man of intrigue to build upon!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "build upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    aqueous vapour; being regarded; black earth; build their; builders were; building material; building materials; building society; building stone; building their; carbon print; century were; council fire; electrical apparatus; forest fires; general tone; great discovery; human love; jealous woman; late friend; lunar months; name formerly; naval architecture; not believe; second chance; sensuous experience