Example sentences for: fortified

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

  • Alcalá la Real, as it was known in Roman times, was a Moorish fortified city from the early 8th century and remained a strategic bastion until the re-conquest of Granada in 1492, after which further Christian monuments were added.

  • bawn Irish dialect for fortified or cattle enclosure

  • A sturdy caponier (a small fortified room with openings for rifles) was to act as a last defense if the battlements were overrun.

  • In the nave, the church’s famous Byzantine mosaics show, on the left, Ravenna’s fortified port of Classis, from which a procession of 22 virgins follows the three Magi with gifts for Jesus on his mother’s lap; on the right, from Theodoric’s palace, 26 male martyrs march towards Christ.

  • The tiny village has but six or seven houses, several of them fortified with coats of armor emblazoned on the doors, but if you’re up to an adventurous hike down the hill, hurdling a couple of gates property owners have installed to ward off crowds, you’ll discover a rocky section of shoreline with pristine, transparent waters ideal for swimming.


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