How to Use fortify in a Sentence

fortify

verb

• He took a deep breath to fortify himself before stepping onto the stage.
• Support for his theories has been fortified by the results of these experiments.
• What will the Guards do to fortify the bullpen this week?
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2022
• That was at his old house, the one not fortified by gates.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• To be fair, healthy habits are just a bulwark to fortify you for the tougher stuff.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
• The long drive fortified her vision of a new life on the road someday.
  — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
• If not, what about a small move or two to fortify the roster?
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
• Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• Your support is one of the few things that fortify this hoop today.
  — Vogue, 11 Mar. 2022
• This oil blends pumpkin and rosemary oils to fortify and nourish the hair and scalp.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• The windows of the building on the first few floors are fortified with wide deep lintels and thick mesh iron grating.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
• Xi also set out to fortify the party’s grasp over the country.
  — Selina Wang, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
• The goal is to fortify the terrain against slides and erosion before the onset of winter.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
• Both towers, which weren’t harmed, were cleaned and fortified.
  — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
• If Schultz does sign elsewhere, the Cowboys could chose to fortify the position in the draft.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Suites and villas, fortified by Greek stone and marble, soothe the senses in muted tones of blue, white, and gray.
  — Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Petit Verdot wine was fortified with brandy and aged four years in barrel.
  — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
• The formula works to fortify and revive dull and dry strands.
  — Maggie Horton, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
• The Steelers go back to Georgia in back-to-back years fortify their offensive line for years to come.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2024
• That wasn’t going to cut it for Auburn, so Pearl switched to a zone defense to help fortify the Tigers’ presence at the rim and force the Tide to take more outside shots.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 2 Feb. 2022
• This milky spray will help make hair stronger thanks to the amino acids and plant proteins win its formula to help fortify each strand.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Sep. 2022
• But then why assume that AI will only be used to exploit our vices and not to fortify our virtues?
  — Arianna Huffington, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
• The Maroons, meanwhile, had regrouped at a new location, two miles north of the old one, and fortified it.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
• Two beams now reinforce each front door, and the rear wheel-arch structure is fortified, as are the B-pillars.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2023
• This increases the smoke point and will fortify the butter to keep it from burning.
  — Jessica Furniss, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• Baron felt that standards would need to be fortified, not reconceived.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
• Some are even fortified with more leucine than most casein or whey powders on the market.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• Zach Davies would fortify the back end of a starting rotation.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
• The tight proximity fortified their ties over a couple of years.
  — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
• Higbee, who did not practice Thursday because of illness, could fortify a front that has not given up a sack in consecutive games.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025