Example sentences for: fortress-like

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

  • West on the Via Porta Rossa is the 14th-century Palazzo Davanzati; its stern, fortress-like exterior still provides rings at ground level for tethering horses and on upper stories to hold torches and lanterns for festive occasions.

  • The fortress-like exterior is decorated with 14 niches: to fill them, the major guilds commissioned statues of patron saints from Florence’s greatest talents (replicas now stand in their place).

  • The ominous 13th-century fortress-like palazzo that houses the Bargello Museum (Via del Proconsolo, 4) was Florence’s first town hall and dreaded prison under the jurisdiction of the Police Chief, or Bargello, before becoming the National Museum of Sculpture.

  • Hong Kong’s major venue for the performing arts, the building has been criticized for its fortress-like architecture and windowless façade.

  • This meticulously detailed, fortress-like home, a study in high Gothic, is now open for guided tours.


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