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Example sentences for: bastion

How can you use “bastion” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It’s an amazing oasis, a bastion of civilization in a climate as cruel as any on Earth.
Macau, the final bastion of Portugal’s great 16th-century empire, is much more than just a quirk of history.
When you talk to people here, however, it’s worth bearing in mind that eastern Berlin did not turn into a bastion of anti-Communism overnight.
The old town was once enclosed by high curtain walls; though today only the western curtain and Shiavo-Lando Bastion survive.
A meandering 30-km (18-mile) riverside drive north along the lovely tree-lined Niagara Parkway takes you from the tumult of the tourist buses to the tranquillity of this old Loyalist bastion.