How to Use stronghold in a Sentence

stronghold

noun

• The rebels retreated to their mountain stronghold.
• The area is a Republican stronghold.
• Putin ordered his troops not to storm the stronghold but to seal it off.
  — David Keyton and Yesica Fisch, ajc, 22 Apr. 2022
• In the east, the chart shows the remnants of the Crusader strongholds and the final throes of the Byzantine Empire.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• The region was a stronghold for Trump in the 2016 primary.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
• The west of France, once a stronghold of the Socialist Party, went to Macron.
  — Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Newcastle was a Labour stronghold, as was the rest of the northeast.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• The two escape and join a group of people on their way to a larger stronghold.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 22 Mar. 2023
• The ranch is a stronghold; more than once its defense is likened to warfare.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
• Putin ordered troops Thursday not to storm the stronghold but to seal it off.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022
• At the time, some of the Afghan war’s fiercest fighting took place in the Taliban stronghold where Reed’s unit deployed.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023
• The rest of the Top 5 remains a Carpenter stronghold as well.
  — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024
• The poll was a head turner as the state had been considered a safe Trump stronghold.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
• This creek is one of the country’s last hellbender strongholds.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
• The stronghold of the GOP in Texas extends beyond elections.
  — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 12 July 2021
• Louisville continues to flex its stronghold on the west coast.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 31 Jan. 2022
• The district used to be a GOP stronghold, covering the rural southern half of the state.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
• More than 250 people were taken hostage and moved to Hamas’ Gaza stronghold.
  — Bianna Golodryga, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
• Troops move into the north of the territory with the aim of capturing the Hamas stronghold of Gaza City.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 15 Jan. 2024
• Many of the explosions rocked the southern suburbs of Beirut, the main Hezbollah stronghold.
  — Emily Feng, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
• The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, mooching around their Montecito stronghold and desperate to get out for the evening, are picking a movie to see.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2021
• The Taliban lose its last major stronghold as the city of Kandahar falls.
  — CNN, 15 Aug. 2021
• The monastery is a stronghold of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which was then loyal to Moscow.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• The images emerged just hours after Putin ordered his troops to blockade rather than storm the last Ukrainian stronghold in the city.
  — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2022
• So far, the Israeli military has advanced to the outskirts of Gaza City but not entered the Hamas stronghold.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• Jenin is known as a militant stronghold, a place that has witnessed little to no peace.
  — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
• In rural areas, a GOP stronghold, Biden picks up 35% from women, vs. 25% from men.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 May 2024
• Humpback chub, by contrast, have their stronghold deep in the Grand Canyon, some 75 miles downriver from the dam, where bass haven’t shown up—at least not yet.
  — WIRED, 4 Nov. 2023
• Derrick Henry comes up big as the Titans take a stronghold on the division.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2021
• Kemp's key to victory in 2026 will be to hold down solid margins in places like Cobb and Gwinnett counties, former Republican strongholds that have shifted to Democrats.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025