How to Use custom-built in a Sentence

custom-built

adjective
  • At the center sits the 5,000-square-foot main lodge, which was custom-built with massive logs.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The home was custom-built in 2019 and was featured in the Parade of Homes, according to the listing.
    — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Many must be custom-built into the space and require cleaning to keep mold away.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Business plans start at $6.99 per user per month and can be scaled up from there with a plan that's custom-built for your needs.
    — PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
  • It's believed that Walt had the house custom-built after finding out that his wife was pregnant with their first child.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • The apartment is being sold unfurnished, though both platform beds, which were custom-built for the space, are included in the sale.
    — Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • All the houses in the beginning were custom-built, not thrown up by developers.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024
  • Even before the Olympics began, there were moments that seemed custom-built to fly across the internet (Mayor Hidalgo in the Seine!
    — Vogue, 28 July 2024
  • Nearly all the furniture Hilton uses in its hotel rooms is custom-built.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
  • Morris custom-built the banquette and attached end table.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Resting on a 26-acre plot, the abode—custom-built for the Fight Night actor, his wife, Eniko, and their four children—reportedly cost a total of about $5 million.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the equipment in the studio he’d custom-built over decades was immobile — the Bösendorfer grand piano or the SSL recording console couldn’t get out on short notice.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The cabinets were custom-built at AhA!nteriors’s Richmond Hill workshop.
    — Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
  • As for Nicholson’s home, the rustic wood-sided and metal-roof structure was custom-built in 1990, and rests down a driveway guarded by double wood gates.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Thanks to a team led by production designer Jennifer Spence, the kitchen was custom-built on location.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The Turkish shipyard just unveiled a new luxury yacht that was custom-built for a discerning Australian client.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023
  • All tortillas, including the one used as a vessel for the taco salad, are pressed inhouse every morning at 5 a.m. from a machine that was custom-built in San Antonio.
    — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The waterfront manse in Hunts Point was custom-built for the Grammy Award-winning jazz musician nearly three decades ago and has recently found its way back onto the market.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 July 2023
  • While much of the show is custom-built and designed, there are plenty of production pieces — from speakers to staging — that are rented from major backline companies.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 30 June 2023
  • By the 2000s, the middle class these restaurants had been custom-built to serve was shrinking as wages stagnated and neighborhoods grew more segregated by income.
    — Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • An all-black exterior with natural wood accents and a stone pathway makes the tiny home look intentional and custom-built.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Inside the Hourglass and Barneys pop-up store, guests engaged with a life-size poodle installation custom-built with Hourglass products.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Directly next door is an ultra-contemporary mansion owned by Kris Jenner, and just two doors away is an even larger house that was custom-built for Kylie Jenner.
    — James McClain, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
  • This vehicle is as painstakingly custom-built as anything George Barris ever concocted and a lot classier.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The multi-level home, which overlooks Saint Jean, Eden Rock, and the ocean, was custom-built to perfection with natural finishes, meticulous craftsmanship, and high-end design.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Crafted by noted architect John F. Galbraith, this especially fetching abode was custom-built in the early 1950s.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The gated home was completed in 2020 and custom-built by Branagh Development to match the specifications of a corporate executive and his security advisors, the listing notes.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Divan’s modular transformer doesn’t have to be custom-built for each application, which could ease manufacturing bottlenecks.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024

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