fortresses
Example Sentences
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French taxes paid for the powerful artillery that breached English-held fortresses and mowed down England’s last expeditionary force, at Castillon, Gascony, in July 1453.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Two medieval fortresses face each other across the Narva River separating Estonia from Russia on Europe's eastern edge.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
To love a Scorpio, then, is to fiercely protect their softness with the same shadowy ardor that they use to construct their inner adamantine fortresses.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024
These sites included large Roman cities, military fortresses, and small rural towns.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023
Various walls and battlements, in pieces and all but gone, spoke of past fortresses.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
