Sentence examples for fortress from inspiring English sources

Like him, the other detainees had been snatched by US soldiers from Iraq's towns and cities and flown to a place that had already become infamous: a foreboding desert fortress that would shape the legacy of the US presence in Iraq.

"The answer isn't to build the walls of fortress Europe higher, it's to provide more safe and legal channels for people to access protection".

The fortress wasn't just swept away – the hill it sat on went, too.

In Richard II, Shakespeare referred to it as "this scepter'd isle, this other Eden, demi-paradise, this fortress build by Nature itself", but perhaps what has given the UK its true fertility, particularly in song, is best summed up by that cantankerous cultural figure John Lydon: "Britain is an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration – it makes it a better place".

Flemming has said that variety of factors – including growing hostility in host countries, fortress Europe and a lack of movement across the Syrian border – means the situation can only get worse before it gets better.

Five years on from the devastating earthquake, the country claims it is ready for tourism, offering an authentic Caribbean experience with a vibrant arts scene, the largest fortress in the Americas and distinctive Creole culture among the highlights.

+33 4 7587 4013, chateauclement.com Paul and Pippa did the triumphant restoration of this medieval fortress in Courbiac de Tournon themselves, with a passionate commitment to the integrity of the ancient building.

But while the stereotype may be a private, high-security fortress, academics have also identified other sub-types: some developments, for example, sell a "lifestyle", like country clubs and retirement villages; "prestige" communities, meanwhile, trade on status and a sense of luxury and exclusivity.

By 1300, they had occupied the impressive fortress that hangs on a hill above the palazzo at Castellabate, an ownership that continued until the 1930s, when Angelo's great-grandfather thought the castle brought bad luck and sold it.

Once taken out of Homan Square and into police districts, Chicagoans caught in the justice system proceed to the fortress-like Cook County jail on 26th and California, run by the Cook County sheriff's department.

Because higher crime areas tend to be poor, deprived neighbourhoods have become characterised by public buildings, such as council offices, that come with fortress-like levels of security.