Sentence examples for strong fort from inspiring English sources

This is comfort evoking the word's Latin roots — the strong "fort" lodged also in "fortitude" and "fortify".

What would have startled the 600 men in the garrison at Segedunum – the "strong fort" in the centre of modern Wallsend – was the enthusiasm of the local population.

In 1666 work began to replace it with a stronger fort.

The strongest forts were along the road towards Kalisz.

Originally as a strong four-sided fort, it is the most prominent point in the defensive system towards the land.

He won re-election in 1988, justifying these reversals in the name of French prestige and French "Colbertian" tradition which promoted industrial and banking expansion abroad, massive surges in export driven trade, the strong franc ("franc fort") pushing as he stated "socialisme at the limits of liberalism".

Certainly Aranda, the "Hammer of the Jesuits," and Olavide were what were called esprits forts ("strong spirits"; i.e., French-influenced radicals); their views gave a sharp edge to traditional regalism.

Now you don't have to be a genius to figure out when you've got the Americans on Normandy and the Russian's banging at the gate, who they're referring to in their little parable of strong Germans holding the fort.

The ramparts were the strongest part of the fort, with the entrances the weakest.

Water will turn into ice and make your snow fort much stronger.

Farragut knew the forts were too strong to run past or to capture.