How to Use fortress in a Sentence

fortress

noun

• Allied commandos try to knock out a Nazi fortress over the Aegean.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Build a near-cash fortress to protect yourself from another downturn.
  — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2021
• Now, over two years later, the couple is finally gearing up to renovate this gorgeous stone fortress.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2021
• The barrier resembles a fortress, with massive floodgates, a concrete bridge and light poles that tower over the riverbed.
  — azcentral, 15 Apr. 2021
• But that fortress was more easily penetrable last year as Salt Lake went just 3-4-3.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
• Concrete barriers around government buildings and high fencing topped with razor wire have transformed downtown into a fortress and blocked off one of the most popular sites for large demonstrations.
  — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021
• Seventy years earlier, the Enola Gay — the B-29 super fortress that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan — was built inside these walls.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
• Lawmakers and other public officials have become increasingly opposed to the fortress-like appearance of the Capitol.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
• But while the bandits might be gone, the fortress still has to fight the desert heat.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2022
• The fortress of Bakhmut shows up on maps starting in 1701.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• With all these thoughts fresh in their minds, the gang makes it to the fortress city of Fal Dara.
  — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
• Two months ago, most Democrats were locked in a fortress of gloom.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
• The fortress erupts, and with it, the famous Mona Lisa that Miles had loaned from the Louvre.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 23 Dec. 2022
• Of course, in the series, Bill’s hideout is a fortress.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 29 Jan. 2023
• The size and shape of sand grains help decide the fate of a sculpted beach fortress.
  — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 10 June 2023
• The floating fortress is a 45-minute boat ride from the nearest town.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 23 Feb. 2022
• This mighty fortress, lying at the heart of England, was one of the largest in the kingdom.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2024
• The three soon started assembling a group to search for the fortress.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
• Friedman put Chicago on the map as a fortress of the free market.
  — Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
• Fans can fight for Eternia in the Castle Grayskull fortress.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• Across Europe, there’s this idea of a fortress of Europe.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2024
• The date also figures in the dramatic saga of the siege of the Masada fortress not far away, on the banks of the Dead Sea.
  — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• The fortress sits at one of the highest points of the area, offering panoramic views of the Medieval city.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2022
• Kessler also argued that the Celis house was built like a fortress with a tall wall around it.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• This 11th-century fortress has seen a lot of action over the years.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2023
• Ukraine held one last fortress against the invaders — the sprawling Azovstal steelworks.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 4 Aug. 2022
• Suitor rose off the sea wall on the Niagara River and flew over the fortress.
  — David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
• But, of course, what counts most is what’s inside each fortress of solitude.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• In our local museum, a model of the fortress had pride of place.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• With no end to the war in sight and lacking effective air defense, Kharkiv gradually has turned from a fortress of resilience into a fortress of solitude.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024