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• The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from.From the entry retake
• The battleship brought her main guns to bear on the fort.From the entry bring to bear
• Anyone who attacks this fort will be turned to cat meat.From the entry cat meat
• Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.From the entry battery
• There was a Roman fort here long ago.From the entry long ago
• Sam has beaten the Ender Dragon twice, killed the wither thrice, obtained netherite armor and built an obsidian fort in Minecraft.From the entry minecraft
• To complete her pillow fort, Anna positioned a bedsheet roofwise.From the entry roofwise
• The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship.From the entry seaward
• After being struck by three hot shots from the coastal fort, the attacking ship of the line burned uncontrollably until the flames reached her powder magazine and she blew up.From the entry hot shot
• They understaffed the forts and shortchanged their new Indian trading partners.2019 [2012], David Treuer, “Chapter 1”, in Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life, Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN. From the entry disaffected
• But keeping their clients out of court—and out of the limelight—was the firm's forté.2012, Cristina Alger, The Darlings. From the entry forté
• These men have gotten word that the fort we left, Ridgeway, is manning down.2011, Denise A. Bates, House of Bull: Book Three, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 392. From the entry man down
• From Koguryo a fort existed here and the city never lost its military significance.2008, Robert Willoughby, “The Border with China and Beyond”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 204. From the entry Uiju
• A large, genial woman, she ruled the fort kitchen and its Indian helpers ironhandedly.2005, Marc Simmons, New Mexico Mavericks: Stories from a Fabled Past, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry ironhandedly
• As I say for half a mile round the fort it is rutted gravel.1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 66. From the entry reg
• "I got influence with the Crows," Mitchell had boasted to the major back at the fort.1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 30. From the entry head man
• There are a hundred Chinese mounted troops stationed at the old fort at Tashkurgan.1900, Ralph P. Cobbold, Innermost Asia: Travel & Sport in the Pamirs, London: William Heinemann, page 50. From the entry Tashkurgan
• Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International and Palm Beach International are solid choices if your final destination is north of Miami city limits.2020 January 7, Rebecca Wallwork, “Which South Florida airport should I fly into?”, in CNN. From the entry Miami
• Fort Lauderdale or a surrounding city is your final destination or you’re on a cruise out of Port Everglades.2020 January 7, Rebecca Wallwork, “Which South Florida airport should I fly into?”, in CNN. From the entry Aventura
• One, two, three Victorian military forts in the Solent—an early indication they have a thing about foreign invasion down here.2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 13. From the entry Solent
• Chavez and his men decide to join the Juaristas, while the Apaches leave the fort after finding Santana's body.2014, Tony Williams, Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, Revised edition, page 72. From the entry Juarista
• He said: "Some took the phrase 'fort gay WV' and believed that the individual who had that was trying to offend.2010 September 10, Dan Whitworth, “Xbox apologises over 'gay' suspension”, in BBC. From the entry WV
• Fort Arnott, it was a big week.2006, Murray Engleheart, AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band, Harper Entertainment…. From the entry buck's night
• The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.2003, Pirates of the Caribbean. From the entry ergo
• French troops, submitting to a trial by fire, drew toward the German forts, capturing and holding some machine-gun nests.1939 September 8, “Swiss Hear Heavy Guns”, in Reading Eagle, USA, retrieved 15 Jul 2012, page 8. From the entry trial by fire
• Conceivably both fort and causeway had been built by an Egyptian Mameluke for the passage of his pilgrim-caravan from Yenbo.1922 (date written; published 1926), T[homas] E[dward] Lawrence, “Book I: The Discovery of Feisal. Chapter XVI.”, in Seven Pillars of…. From the entry mameluke
• They stood at bay in an old palisaded fort.1909, John R. Musick, The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; A Century Too Soon (A Story. From the entry palisade
• Fort Collins, Colorado has decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public.2019 September 19, Pete Williams, “Topless women win big as Colorado city drops ban”, in NBC News. From the entry topless
• They'd quite masterfully sneaked the hooch, along with a pack of Marlboros, into the old fort at the bottom of Rudy's garden.2011, Ron Chudley, Old Bones. From the entry man juice
• But without Union reinforcement, as many men as could be packed into a mere fishing smack could take the fort, Meigs wrote to Washington.2009, Simon Schama, The American Future: A History. From the entry smack
• There is a long beach -- far from Taiwan’s finest -- but the beautiful fort on the headland is the real reason to come here.2008 June 26, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2020. From the entry Cijin
• Immobilized, unable to drag himself out to the fort, Bu Yu had been vagrantized, or so he'd thought, on a permanent basis.1999, Tom Bradley, Black Class Cur, page 232. From the entry vagrantize
• She bravely guided us through the musical scale and urged us to memorize signature notes and musical terms: staccato, legato, forté, pianissimo.1993, Mary Helen Ponce, Hoyt Street: An Autobiography, page 254. From the entry forté
• Knowing the proper art of building a quin-zhee could have saved me and my friends from many snow fort cave-ins when young.1990 February 1, Sue Lebrecht, “You need patience building snow fort”, in Toronto Star, page A23. From the entry quinzhee
• In addition to the rettori, there were castellani of the fort in the town of Chios and of fourteen other forts in the society's island.1979, Adolf M., Kaegi Hakkert (Walter E.), Byzantinische Forschungen - Volume 6, page 17. From the entry castellanus
• For two years the Easterner had been searching for his lost brother, at trading posts and Army forts all along the frontier.1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, War Shirt; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 107. From the entry frontier
• To sell liquor to the Indians was against the law but the forts had to resort to it or be outtraded by the peddlers.1947, Jay Monaghan, The Overland Trail, page 252. From the entry outtraded
• Meanwhile, in permanent garrisons, soldiers had access to military hospitals and medical care, with Roman forts housing some of the most advanced medical facilities in the empire.2025 July 15, James Osborne, “Could you have survived as a Roman soldier? Here's the surprising truth about life in the ancient army”, in…. From the entry house
• My first experience of real sheltercraft was during a visit as a teenager to a reconstructed Iron-Age roundhouse on the site of an ancient fort in south-west Wales.2012, Joe O'Leary, The Wilderness Survival Guide: The Practical Skills You Need for the Great Outdoors, Watkins Media Limited, →ISBN. From the entry sheltercraft

Meaning of fort

1. noun A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
2. noun Any permanent army post.
3. noun An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.

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How do you use fort in a sentence?

Fort is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.”

What is a short sentence with fort?

“Fort Arnott, it was a big week.”

What does fort mean?

Fort means a fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.