rampart

Example Sentences

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Gillers said ordinary Americans might find it puzzling that “one half of a married couple is at the ramparts on political issues that then get translated into legal issues that her husband has to decide.”

From Washington Post

Though O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? turned into an embarrassed hum, the crowd still cheered at the end anyway.

From Washington Post

"The highlight of it was listening to Abide with Me and hearing the chimes from the ramparts. It was a beautiful, soulful thing."

From BBC

There are Phoenician forts, Celtic castles, Moorish minarets, Roman ramparts, granite Greek graves — all left by bygone civilizations that came here conquering, all bent on leaving something for posterity.

From New York Times

Zhang's last appearance was on July 1, when he was seated on the southern ramparts of the Forbidden City in Beijing for the 100th anniversary of the founding of China's ruling Communist Party.

From Reuters