breastwork

Example Sentences

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But now with protesters beginning to wield bows and arrows and occupying improvised breastworks, the tactics threaten to take the pro-democracy campaign to a new level of risk for all sides.

From Reuters

I was ordered to stand near the breastworks overlooking the inlet between island and mainland.

From Literature

Johnny, from sheer high spirits, jumped the now deserted breastwork the British had thrown up so hastily the night before.

From Literature

It arises from deepening concern about the people’s limited appreciation of the First Amendment and disgust with media waffling behind timidity’s breastworks.

From Salon

A breastwork of earth might have been raised first, to break off tempests; afterward, it would have four sides, then perhaps a thatch of palm leaves—and the primitive adobe dwelling stood in its glory.

From Project Gutenberg