How to Use bulwark in a Sentence

bulwark

noun

• Now, all that grows are small groups of tamarisk trees planted as a bulwark against the sands.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
• With the Brooklyn Bridge acting as a bulwark, this slice of New York was tucked away from the rest of the city.
  — Nicole Rudick, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• The descent could have been a sullen bulwark of steel and cement.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
• The war helped instill in him the notion of the Catholic Church as a bulwark against evil that would prevail with God’s help.
  — Henry Chudeputy News Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• Our word of the week was ‘bulwark,; which means strong protection.
  — Cameron Buford, al, 22 Oct. 2022
• Similarly, the pool on the main deck sits flush with a glass bulwark to ensure a clear view of the ocean.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
• So, in many ways, the structure of the church provides a bulwark against celebrity culture.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• In Spurrier's view, the silence of Step by Bloody Step is a good bulwark against some of the worst instincts of the fantasy genre.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2022
• With the two cases outlined here – as was the case in 2020 – the courts were a bulwark against attempts to undermine the election.
  — Norman Eisen, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
• The very existence of a source on this scale is a bulwark against market panic.
  — Daniel Yergin, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
• Federal firefighting crews are the main bulwark at the largest of fires.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
• Men were sinful, and the goodness of women was the essential bulwark against the corruption of the world.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 16 July 2022
• At least some of the remainder, Jaffe says, is meant to be a bulwark against whatever the next calamity may be.
  — Brett Martin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• Bevan also eschewed straight lines in favor of contoured bulwarks that run the length of the yacht.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
• It is seen by many officials as a loyal partner and part of a bulwark against Iran.
  — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022
• At anchor, the aft deck’s collapsible bulwarks can be folded down to increase the size of the beach club to nearly 1,500 square feet.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2023
• The $30 billion bet on First Republic is seen as a bulwark against future bank runs.
  — Ken Sweet, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023
• And so the bulwark imagined by Blinken and his French counterparts appears to have collapsed.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• The $30 billion bet o First Republic is seen as a bulwark against future bank runs.
  — Ken Sweet, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• In this view, Russia is the bulwark of the rest of the world against Western aggression and domination.
  — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2022
• All three decks are fitted with glass bulwarks that create a more seamless connection to the sea.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2024
• To the aft, there is a large hydraulic platform and two fold-out bulwark terraces that can be lowered to create a vast walkaround beach club.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2022
• That has helped as a bulwark against a recession, but also means the Fed may have to remain aggressive.
  — Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 24 Nov. 2022
• Some on the right view unions as a bulwark against ‘woke capital,’ but labor is even more compromised.
  — Michael Watson, National Review, 28 Jan. 2023
• Poland is rapidly establishing itself as the West’s bulwark in the east.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
• Next: Peel up the street cobbles and stack them any which way—so long as the bulwark is tall enough to hide a regiment of street fighters and a squadron of women with rocks in their aprons.
  — James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• With the unhinged, extreme right tendencies of this Supreme Court, this almost surely won’t be the last time our state will have to step up as a blue bulwark.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2022
• The sprawling aft deck sports fold-out bulwark platforms for additional space and a Jet Ski garage that doubles as a sun pad.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
• This shift won’t go unnoticed in places such as Poland and the Baltic states, which have long viewed Belarus as a bulwark between themselves and Russia.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2022
• If the 5th Circuit’s decision is allowed to stand, the FDA’s role as bulwark against snake oil will be grievously undermined.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024