Explore Bulwarks through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bulwarks meaning
plural of bulwark
Using Bulwarks
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bulwark
- In the example corpus, bulwarks often appears in combinations such as: bulwarks against, bulwarks and, bulwarks of.
Context around Bulwarks
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bulwarks
- In this selection, "bulwarks" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, best, establish, governments, beyond and killing stand out and add context to how "bulwarks" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across its bulwarks killing several and freeboard lower bulwarks and smaller. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bulwarks" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bulwarks
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The new design had a sleek graceful appearance, less sheer, less freeboard, lower bulwarks, and smaller breadth. (17 words)
A more popular alternative defence, which avoided damaging the castle, was to establish bulwarks beyond the castle's defences. (19 words)
They each fired a broadside across its bulwarks, killing several of its crew, and forcing its captain to surrender. (19 words)
The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable. (37 words)
The borders of the Old Town are the mostly destroyed old Venetian wall (and bulwarks) and this has been the cradle of all the civilizations which were developed in the area. (31 words)
Islamists were considered by Western governments bulwarks against—what were thought to be at the time—more dangerous leftist communist nationalist insurgents/opposition, which Islamists were correctly seen as opposing. (30 words)
Example sentences (8)
For all their faults, the Black and Green Queens are the Seven Kingdom’s best bulwarks against all-out slaughter.
A more popular alternative defence, which avoided damaging the castle, was to establish bulwarks beyond the castle's defences.
Islamists were considered by Western governments bulwarks against—what were thought to be at the time—more dangerous leftist communist nationalist insurgents/opposition, which Islamists were correctly seen as opposing.
The borders of the Old Town are the mostly destroyed old Venetian wall (and bulwarks) and this has been the cradle of all the civilizations which were developed in the area.
The new design had a sleek graceful appearance, less sheer, less freeboard, lower bulwarks, and smaller breadth.
The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.
These two exarchates were the western bulwarks of the Byzantine Empire, all that remained of its power in the West.
They each fired a broadside across its bulwarks, killing several of its crew, and forcing its captain to surrender.
Common combinations with bulwarks
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bulwarks against 2×
- bulwarks and 2×
- bulwarks of 2×