How to Use fortification in a Sentence

fortification

noun

• They began the fortification and reconstruction of the city.
• That is, a swift penetration of dirt and concrete fortifications by engineers and supporting vehicles—often under fire—so that tanks and infantry can break through.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• This famed Black Sea port used the same fortification in 1941, ahead of a Nazi siege.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• Russia has dug in heavy fortifications along the length of the front line.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 3 May 2023
• The remains of the young man and the dog were found close to each other, not far from the remains of an ancient fortification wall.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
• The half goat was found within a few feet of a post that was part of the fortification’s foundation.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
• It’s time to step back from the approach of control and fortification.
  — Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 2 Oct. 2017
• Three walled fortresses make for a journey of a thousand years that echoes a much younger fortification, Detroit, the City on the Strait.
  — Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
• The main fortification of the city, in the direction of Tall el-Hammam, collapsed.
  — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• By 1795, the fortification was no longer necessary after the signing of the Treaty of Greenville.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
• The ancient fortification is now one of the most visited landmarks in the world.
  — Katia Hetter and Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
• For morning fortification, Pablo says breakfast at Snow City Cafe is the best in town.
  — Outside Online, 22 July 2021
• The French Army is drawing on a 350-year-old fortification pattern to protect its troops in North Africa.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2020
• Around it, in the wild fields, a fortification against Tatar raids from Crimea appeared first, and later, the Cossack saltworks.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• Right past it, a fresh layer of dirt filled what appeared to be a large trench dug by the insurgents for fortification.
  — Albert Aji, Fox News, 27 July 2018
• Sitting at one of the highest points in Quebec City, the Citadelle of Québec is a vital component of the city’s fortifications.
  — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• Eighteen months in the barrel, and fortification with grape brandy, makes this Angelica the most unique wine of the bunch, both in flavor and in style.
  — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
• The Maginot Line, the chain of fortifications on France’s border with Germany, was . .
  — Konstantin Kakaes, WSJ, 26 June 2018
• Built about 4,000 years ago, the fortification surrounds Khaybar, one of the area’s oldest oases—fertile, green regions of the arid desert.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• The round buildings’ layered walls have a gap in between them, making the fortifications about ten feet thick.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020
• The phone draws us into the depths of the great parking lot that sprawls and spins its way away from the looming stuccoed fortification that houses the new supercenter.
  — The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2021
• In 1629, construction began on the mammoth project and the fortifications that would line it.
  — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2018
• More were found in the ancient fortification of Masada, as well as other sites.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 June 2020
• The acropolis of Glas, with its three-kilometer (1.9-mile) fortification walls, is the biggest of its era in Greece.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
• At the entrances, sandbags and tires are stacked in fortification.
  — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 15 June 2018
• Grab a map at the entrance and wander around the site, being sure to check out the lighthouse, the sentry boxes and the variety of views from the six-level fortification.
  — Sara Clemence, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
• On a visit to the Great Wall, Mead shot Clemons fulfilling one of his dreams, to play his saxophone on the historic fortification.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 13 July 2019
• McKeon’s platoon breached the German fortifications but got cut off from the rest of the company.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
• The city was protected by a fortification wall, and a cemetery sat outside the city boundaries.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2019
• High-tech surveillance of Tibetans, and the fortification of the border, has all but severed their escape route into Nepal, where ethnic Tibetans also live.
  — New York Times, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024