battlements

Example Sentences

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The two men strolled around the grounds of the castle, taking in the pointless folly of the battlements and arrow slits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Partly in commemoration of that event, local fishermen put their own stamp on the Good Friday bier procession by lighting fires on the battlements of the Venetian-built fortifications.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

The property was built more than 170 years ago in a Scottish baronial style, a type of elaborate architecture featuring complex rooflines with turrets and fortress-like battlements.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

Presley was 33 — still young, but at a time when “don’t trust anybody over 30” was a counterculture mantra; he was revolutionary in his age, but those battlements had long been dismantled.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

But Samuel had put up a laughing wall against natural laws, and Una’s death breached his battlements.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck