Example sentences for: outposts

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

  • Either those of us who work at the West Coast outposts aren't in on the perks, or your research was a tad out-of-date.

  • Since then, the singing cigarette has dwindled away to isolated outposts of adolescent rock, like "Smokin' in the Boys' Room."

  • The Antarctic Sentinal reports from the Falkland Islands that NASA will soon be using Antarctic outposts to train potential Mars travelers, because the region offers isolated, freezing, rocky conditions, replicating a possible Mars mission, on which astronauts could be sequestered with a small group for long periods in a harsh environment.

  • The Romanization of Gaul sent the most energetic warriors to defend the outposts of the empire while their families settled down to work the land or build towns such as Lyon, Orange, Arles, and Nîmes, and the first great highways between them.

  • More than eight centuries ago, Silves (then known as Chelb) was one of the strongest outposts in 12th-century Arab Iberia, a magnificent city with palaces, gardens, bazaars, and a huge red castle on a hill.


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