How to Use fort in a Sentence

fort

noun
  • They captured the fort after a long battle.
  • Guys have come in, and he’s still been able to hold the fort.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The fort was on the west side near the West Branch of the Rocky River.
    cleveland, 15 Jan. 2021
  • And sometimes, you’re asked to hold the fort, in a sense.
    Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The boys set up a little fort on the floor and slept next to her.
    Jami Svay As Told To Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2019
  • Piña held down the fort in the meantime, and more than ably at that.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Building the fort that makes up the map’s B site was easy.
    Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • But now there are tents by the river and a s’mores bar and firepit in the main fort.
    Joshua Berman, The Know, 29 June 2019
  • The fort would have witnessed the heyday of the sailing barges.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • In the meantime, Chubb and Johnson will hold down the fort.
    cleveland, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Kids scaled the foam walls and built forts out of square cushions.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 18 July 2018
  • So that’s kind of the onus on the starting pitcher to go out there and hold the fort.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
  • Emden held down the fort with 15 saves and even scored a goal from across the pool.
    Paul Johnson, Naperville Sun, 18 May 2018
  • The San Antonio site had been part of the west wall of the Alamo fort.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 1 June 2021
  • When deciding where to build the fort, the group held a vote.
    Amanda Bellows, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
  • If there was a raid, people would abandon the fields and head straight to the fort.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Terrance Mitchell has held down on the fort, but is ranked 42nd.
    cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Two other forts from Buck’s squadron are knocked out of the fight.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The boys rode bikes, built forts and fished in the Quabbin Reservoir.
    Karina Bland, azcentral, 23 May 2018
  • But the fort is in the heart of the Lakota Sioux’s sacred hunting ground.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 2 July 2021
  • The grand dame of the Cultural Campus has reigned at the fort since 1929.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2021
  • Michael runs away to India for two years while Francesca holds down the fort of the estate.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 13 June 2024
  • For close to three years, Myanmar’s junta has held down the fort.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
  • During the War of 1812, the British and Americans fought over control of the fort.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Build a cozy blanket fort for an all-day movie marathon.
    The Editors, Cosmopolitan, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Construct a fort with chairs, sheets and pillows on a rainy day.
    Kathleen Dexter M.s.w., miamiherald, 20 Feb. 2018
  • There was a sleeping loft for me that was like a paradise fort.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Or give them some supplies and a time limit and tell them to build a fort or put on a play.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 June 2020
  • There is also a string of water parks lavishly-themed to a desert fort, an oasis and Aztec temples.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
  • So, dad’s fort became a chicken coop and over the next five years, Dambo embarked on building his own extensive fort with his friends.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024

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