How to Use bastion in a Sentence

bastion

noun

• Hayange, where unemployment is seventeen per cent, used to be a bastion of the left, but its political landscape is in flux.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
• Other than the Department of Justice, Congress is the last bastion that can stop this.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 25 July 2021
• One of the funniest comedians of all time, the bastion of Jewish comedy.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2021
• Her father was a rock star preacher, had his own giant megachurch in Detroit, and literally was, like, a bastion of social justice.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Aug. 2021
• The police in Hong Kong, which was once a bastion of free speech, have increasingly bristled at criticism of their actions.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2021
• Note that the rooftop will be an exclusive bastion for guests of the ultra-luxe Cheval Blanc hotel opening in September.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• The military was considered by many liberals as a right-wing bastion, and civilian control was a cornerstone of the liberalism of the time.
  — Mackubin Thomas Owens, National Review, 10 Aug. 2021
• Metro Detroit, in particular, has been a bastion of the Jewish community.
  — Sam Fogel, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2021
• The idea that some were laid by inmates who were captive because of laws designed to create a workforce changes every perception of California as a liberal bastion.
  — Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2021
• To be fair, Yale has not been a bastion of free speech.
  — Lauren Noble, National Review, 14 Aug. 2022
• Bill felt the bleachers were the last bastion of the common man and woman.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• The area has long been a bastion of resistance in Afghanistan.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2021
• But who will be the final holdout, the last bastion of the DIY gearbox?
  — Steven Ewing, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
• The coldwater rivers and streams above the dam are thought to offer a bastion for the fish as the climate turns warmer.
  — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2023
• That makes databases the last bastion of vendor lock-in.
  — Mike Waas, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• Once the bastion of the privileged few, the campus soon came to be seen as a way station along the road to the middle class.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2022
• The trunk is often a bastion for all kinds of groceries, sports bags, and luggage.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2022
• That durable memorial, born of crisis and war, is a bastion of hope.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 May 2022
• Now that the bastion may soon become (or return to) true free speech as Musk purports, is that a good thing?
  — Michael Polk, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022
• In contrast, Iowa, has gone from a swing state that Obama carried twice to a Trump bastion.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2022
• Its founders envisaged it as a bastion of free thought.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
• Today, while the share of white Louisville residents has risen, the West End remains a bastion of Black culture in the city.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 15 Aug. 2024
• Care is one of the pillars of the human, a last bastion of uniqueness in the age of intelligent machines.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
• That bastion of Democratic voters could be a boon in her statewide race. .
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
• Chicago has always been a bastion of meat and potatoes.
  — Ari Bendersky, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022
• Nilsen dragged a pen along the page to show what Russia considers its bastion and where its submarines could go to hide.
  — Emily Rauhala, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
• The last Ukrainian bastion in a key eastern province is now in Russian hands.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 4 July 2022
• The iPhone represents Apple’s last bastion for the Lightning port.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022
• Last year, Sundance was the first in-person version of the festival since the pandemic forced the bastion of American independent filmmaking online for two years.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
• In an era of algorithmic trading and short-term thinking, family offices stand as bastions of patient capital and long-term stewardship.
  — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024