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
• Climb to the top of the fort and check out the incredible views of the city and waterfront.
  — Kara Franker, Southern Living, 30 June 2020
• 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
• Nestled in a scenic mountain pass, this is a hike-in park on an interpretive trail to the ruins of the fort.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
• In August 1855, Harney and his men, equipped with new, long-range Sharps rifles, set out from a frontier fort.
  — Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025