Fortress is an English word with synonyms like fort or defense. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Fortress meaning
- A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.
Using Fortress
- The main meaning on this page is: A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. | A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.
- Useful related words include: fort, defensive structure, defense, defence.
- In the example corpus, fortress often appears in combinations such as: the fortress, fortress of, of fortress.
Context around Fortress
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fortress
- In this selection, "fortress" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, pirate, brest, energy, received and report stand out and add context to how "fortress" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a combination fortress oasis in and a fortress state constantly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fortress" sits close to words such as aap, battered and catalog, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fortress
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the fortress hides a secret. (6 words)
The Brest Fortress received the honorary title Hero Fortress. (9 words)
Did the EU want to turn itself into a fortress? (10 words)
As someone whose favorite post-apocalyptic movie is George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” — with all of its long scenes of survivors constructing a combination fortress-oasis in a shopping mall — I could have lingered forever in this episode’s 2003 segment. (43 words)
Called a Moate or Motte, the mound stands within the grounds of Antrim Castle and you reach it by way of the Barbican Gate, an intact part of the great stone fortress that took over from the original wooden one. (40 words)
Ships may only be built in one single line, which must pass through a fixed waypoint (different for each player) en route to a pirate fortress (each player has their own pirate fortress). (33 words)
Did the EU want to turn itself into a fortress? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Brest Fortress received the honorary title Hero Fortress.
Given New Fortress Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than Engie.
Ships may only be built in one single line, which must pass through a fixed waypoint (different for each player) en route to a pirate fortress (each player has their own pirate fortress).
A fortress state constantly vigilant against a minority of its own population living in continuous tension with its neighbours.
After depowering and defeating the villain, Superman buries his father's crystals from the Fortress of Solitude.
After Hill stopped four more Devils shooters in the shootout, defenseman Shea Theodore scored the game winner on the Knights fourth attempt to send the fans at the Fortress into a frenzy.
Already some ground-breaking reports have been produced including the Food Fortress report leading to the formation of the Food Quality Assurance Scheme and tackling food fraud.
Also, insider Michael S. Weiss purchased 147,058 shares of Fortress Biotech stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 14th.
As someone whose favorite post-apocalyptic movie is George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” — with all of its long scenes of survivors constructing a combination fortress-oasis in a shopping mall — I could have lingered forever in this episode’s 2003 segment.
As the leader of the Fortress of Meropide, Wriothesley takes his job seriously, but also has a lot of free time on his hands.
At the pre-match press conference in Cape Town, MI Cape Town’s pacer, Olly Stone said his team is aiming to win all three games at home and make it a fortress.
A view of the fortress wall from Inwangsan, the 1,100-foot-high mountain.
But the fortress hides a secret.
But with restrictions finally tightening on the Kremlin’s chief moneymaker -- oil -- the months ahead will be an even tougher test of President Vladimir Putin’s fortress economy.
Called a Moate or Motte, the mound stands within the grounds of Antrim Castle and you reach it by way of the Barbican Gate, an intact part of the great stone fortress that took over from the original wooden one.
Did the EU want to turn itself into a fortress?
Dwarf Fortress is one of the most complex games ever created.
EA Series Trust bought a new stake in New Fortress Energy Inc. () in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Expect their fortress-like defensive structure to remain in-place, spearheaded by star fullback Ryan Morrison.
Fast forward to 2023 and not only has the project failed to advance, but the developer withdrew its purchase offer from property owner Fortress Investment Group of Irving, Texas.
Common combinations with fortress
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the fortress 33×
- fortress of 22×
- of fortress 10×
- fortress biotech 10×
- fortress and 10×
- new fortress 9×
- fortress energy 9×
- in fortress 8×
- fortress that 6×
- fortress in 6×