How to Use fortification in a Sentence

fortification

noun

• They began the fortification and reconstruction of the city.
• This famed Black Sea port used the same fortification in 1941, ahead of a Nazi siege.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• Russia has dug in heavy fortifications along the length of the front line.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 3 May 2023
• The remains of the young man and the dog were found close to each other, not far from the remains of an ancient fortification wall.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
• The half goat was found within a few feet of a post that was part of the fortification’s foundation.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
• It’s time to step back from the approach of control and fortification.
  — Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 2 Oct. 2017
• Three walled fortresses make for a journey of a thousand years that echoes a much younger fortification, Detroit, the City on the Strait.
  — Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
• The main fortification of the city, in the direction of Tall el-Hammam, collapsed.
  — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• By 1795, the fortification was no longer necessary after the signing of the Treaty of Greenville.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
• The ancient fortification is now one of the most visited landmarks in the world.
  — Katia Hetter and Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
• For morning fortification, Pablo says breakfast at Snow City Cafe is the best in town.
  — Outside Online, 22 July 2021
• The French Army is drawing on a 350-year-old fortification pattern to protect its troops in North Africa.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2020
• Around it, in the wild fields, a fortification against Tatar raids from Crimea appeared first, and later, the Cossack saltworks.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• Right past it, a fresh layer of dirt filled what appeared to be a large trench dug by the insurgents for fortification.
  — Albert Aji, Fox News, 27 July 2018
• Sitting at one of the highest points in Quebec City, the Citadelle of Québec is a vital component of the city’s fortifications.
  — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• Eighteen months in the barrel, and fortification with grape brandy, makes this Angelica the most unique wine of the bunch, both in flavor and in style.
  — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
• The Maginot Line, the chain of fortifications on France’s border with Germany, was . .
  — Konstantin Kakaes, WSJ, 26 June 2018
• Built about 4,000 years ago, the fortification surrounds Khaybar, one of the area’s oldest oases—fertile, green regions of the arid desert.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• The round buildings’ layered walls have a gap in between them, making the fortifications about ten feet thick.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020
• The phone draws us into the depths of the great parking lot that sprawls and spins its way away from the looming stuccoed fortification that houses the new supercenter.
  — The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2021
• In 1629, construction began on the mammoth project and the fortifications that would line it.
  — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2018
• More were found in the ancient fortification of Masada, as well as other sites.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 June 2020
• The acropolis of Glas, with its three-kilometer (1.9-mile) fortification walls, is the biggest of its era in Greece.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
• At the entrances, sandbags and tires are stacked in fortification.
  — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 15 June 2018
• Grab a map at the entrance and wander around the site, being sure to check out the lighthouse, the sentry boxes and the variety of views from the six-level fortification.
  — Sara Clemence, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
• On a visit to the Great Wall, Mead shot Clemons fulfilling one of his dreams, to play his saxophone on the historic fortification.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 13 July 2019
• McKeon’s platoon breached the German fortifications but got cut off from the rest of the company.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
• The city was protected by a fortification wall, and a cemetery sat outside the city boundaries.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2019
• While antibiotics have been fine fortifications since Alexander Fleming first found penicillin in 1928, their use over the years has only made the enemy stronger and more clever in avoiding treatment.
  — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2024
• Downing an entire can is nearly impossible without a honey bun and some Jack Link's sent down the hatch as advance fortification.
  — Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024