Example sentences for: fortifications

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

  • Too close to the sea for safety from raids, it must have depended on its impressive fortifications for protection (the massive walls you see today are mere imitations of the originals. )

  • They immediately began work on the formidable fortifications for which the city is still famous.

  • With redoubtable fortifications and a population in the tens of thousands, it was one of the strongest outposts in 12th-century Arab Iberia.

  • Among old ruined fortifications is the still intact Prince of Wales Martello Tower, a massive stone structure serving as barracks, weapons storage, and artillery platform, built by Prince Edward in 1796.

  • The castle (now occasionally hosting bullfights) is one in the long chain of fortifications built by Dom Dinis in the 14th century.


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