Sentence examples for redoubt to from inspiring English sources

He proclaimed from his Afghan redoubt: "To kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who is able".

But the transformation of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, from gritty blue-collar redoubt to trendy nocturnal playground is taking another leap forward with the development of high-end apartments and a boutique hotel where guests can check in at the bar.

The cabinet emerged from the Downing Street redoubt to proclaim its loyalty.There is a similar moment in many cowboy films: the surrounded posse see off an onslaught, then look around smilingly, thinking the worst is over.

The story of the Peruvian fat thieves has a similar whiff of the diabolic: an outsider penetrates a remote mountain redoubt to collect a forbidden harvest that preserves youth at life's expense.

Associated as a lay instructor with the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) for half a century, he was the Jesuits' "Mr. Chips" and, along with the late Rev. Jack Farrand, S.J., almost single-handedly transformed Brooklyn Preparatory School from a 1950's jock redoubt to a creditable institution of learning in the 60's.

France is the redoubt to which Fourtou is trying to retreat, by shedding most of the non-French media assets acquired by Messier.

Last October, many of these same fighters battled their way into this desert town, one of the last pro-Gaddafi redoubts to hold out against the rebels.

On Sunday night and into Monday morning, the helicopters hovered near the presidential offices and the palatial residence where Mr. Gbagbo had been holed up with his wife underground for days, firing missile blasts that were officially aimed at destroying the heavy weapons outside, but also reduced parts of Mr. Gbagbo's last redoubts to smoking rubble.

General Franks, who has led the troops from his headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, is also drafting plans to deploy allied forces, including Americans, to conduct a broader spectrum of operations, from striking at the Taliban and Al Qaeda in mountain redoubts, to securing routes for food and medical convoys, to seizing airfields.

Washington ordered that all guns within range begin blasting the redoubts to weaken them for an assault that evening.

This week the government temporarily cut the electricity and internet cables to Mrs Zia's redoubt, presumably to put pressure on her to call off the blockade.