FORT in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for FORT, such as:
1. The boat anchored off the fort.
2. We trained our cannon upon the fort.
3. They sat on the bank below the parapet of the old fort, hidden from observation.
4. A line of forts was built along the border to protect the country against attack.
5. A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet.
2. We trained our cannon upon the fort.
3. They sat on the bank below the parapet of the old fort, hidden from observation.
4. A line of forts was built along the border to protect the country against attack.
5. A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet.
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Meanings and Examples of FORT
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fort
v. gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
n. a fortified defensive structure
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 I'll lay you two to one she didn't even know the fort was out there in the harbor, much less that it was full of Yankees until we shelled them out.
2 They sat on the bank below the parapet of the old fort, hidden from observation.
3 I've been seeing the waves and the white beach of Grand Isle; the quiet, grassy street of the Cheniere; the old fort at Grande Terre.
4 I've been seeing the waves and the white beach of Grand Isle; the quiet, grassy street of the Cheniere Caminada; the old sunny fort at Grande Terre.
5 I was sent by Major Effingham, at Sir William's own bidding, to outflank the French, and carry the tidings of their disaster across the portage, to the fort on the Hudson.
6 He walked to an angle of the bastion, and beheld the scout advancing, under the custody of a French officer, to the body of the fort.
7 As Duncan could only act as the representative of the commandant of the fort, the ceremonies which should have accompanied a meeting between the heads of the adverse forces were, of course, dispensed with.
8 Montcalm followed him as far as the entrance of the marquee, renewing his invitations to the commandant of the fort to give him an immediate meeting in the open ground between the two armies.
9 There they separated, and Duncan returned to the advanced post of the French, accompanied as before; whence he instantly proceeded to the fort, and to the quarters of his own commander.
10 A very few minutes only were necessary to parade a few files, and to dispatch an orderly with a flag to announce the approach of the commandant of the fort.
11 Say not so," cried Duncan; "we are yet masters of the fort, and of our honor.
12 So saying, the veteran again dropped his head to his chest, and returned slowly toward the fort, exhibiting, by the dejection of his air, to the anxious garrison, a harbinger of evil tidings.
13 The sisters started at the sound, and glancing their eyes around, they saw the white uniforms of the French grenadiers, who had already taken possession of the gates of the fort.
14 As the confused and timid throng left the protecting mounds of the fort, and issued on the open plain, the whole scene was at once presented to their eyes.
15 When they were in the low cavity that surrounded the earthen fort on three sides, they found that passage nearly choked by the ruins.
Example Sentence:
1 Suddenly something flashed from the ramparts, a swirl of smoke jetted from the fort, a hellish explosion rocked the battlements.
2 A platform or mound of earth within a fort from which guns are fired over the parapet.
3 Until the development of the airplane as a military weapon, the fort was considered impregnable.
4 We trained our cannon upon the fort.
5 The boat anchored off the fort.
6 It also had hints for making snow forts, including "make sure to include an icy compartment to store your vodka."
7 A line of forts was built along the border to protect the country against attack.
8 However, her main forte is the young readers 'novels, where children ride out their own adventures with minimal adult help.