Sentence examples for as a fortress from inspiring English sources

It has a long spectacular history as a fortress.

Described by the Times as "a fortress," the Hirshhorn opened in 1974.

Founded in 1743 as a fortress, it was chartered in 1784.

Bostonians have described the building as a "fortress," "a dungeon" and a "giant concrete harmonica".

Komárno's role as a river port complemented and eventually superseded its function as a fortress.

Carlisle's role as a fortress town dates from the reign of Henry I (1100 35).

Reporters, for their part, see the White House as a fortress.

Many ads suggest it as a fortress apart from the peopled world.

How to describe the forbidding, windowless structure except as a fortress?

Har Homa, which translates roughly as "mountain wall," looks as forbidding as a fortress.

It's a great bulky lump of Victorian architecture, as solid as a fortress, and dominates the landscape.