How to Use fort in a Sentence

fort

noun

• They captured the fort after a long battle.
• Guys have come in, and he’s still been able to hold the fort.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
• The boys set up a little fort on the floor and slept next to her.
  — Jami Svay As Told To Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2019
• Piña held down the fort in the meantime, and more than ably at that.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2018
• Building the fort that makes up the map’s B site was easy.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
• But now there are tents by the river and a s’mores bar and firepit in the main fort.
  — Joshua Berman, The Know, 29 June 2019
• The fort would have witnessed the heyday of the sailing barges.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• In the meantime, Chubb and Johnson will hold down the fort.
  — cleveland, 27 Oct. 2021
• Kids scaled the foam walls and built forts out of square cushions.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 18 July 2018
• So that’s kind of the onus on the starting pitcher to go out there and hold the fort.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
• Emden held down the fort with 15 saves and even scored a goal from across the pool.
  — Paul Johnson, Naperville Sun, 18 May 2018
• If there was a raid, people would abandon the fields and head straight to the fort.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Terrance Mitchell has held down on the fort, but is ranked 42nd.
  — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• The boys rode bikes, built forts and fished in the Quabbin Reservoir.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 23 May 2018
• For close to three years, Myanmar’s junta has held down the fort.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• Build a cozy blanket fort for an all-day movie marathon.
  — The Editors, Cosmopolitan, 4 Jan. 2018
• Construct a fort with chairs, sheets and pillows on a rainy day.
  — Kathleen Dexter M.s.w., miamiherald, 20 Feb. 2018
• There was a sleeping loft for me that was like a paradise fort.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
• Or give them some supplies and a time limit and tell them to build a fort or put on a play.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 June 2020
• When the Dutch sent ships to pick up the keys to the former Prussian fort that April, Canoe turned them away.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2022
• Find free parking at the fort or at the finish line locale.
  — Susan Friedman, Orlando Signature, 23 June 2017
• Build a stick fort in our outdoor space or watch the changing scenes in the Cloud Theater.
  — Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2022
• Turn it into a giant fort or pop up a tent in the living room.
  — Allison Andrews, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• And now the state park is telling their story with new exhibits and a new trail being built north of the fort.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2021
• Ride out the storm in a blanket fort to help kids feel safe and protected.
  — Jennifer Jhon, sun-sentinel.com, 26 May 2021
• Ten long sticks leaned carefully against a tree is now a fort.
  — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
• Play tents and forts provide a special space that kids can call their very own.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• Smith remained downstairs in the kitchen, hiding in her fort and waiting for the storm to pass.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2022
• Try doing things outside your com- fort zone for a change.
  — Essence Lifestyle, Essence, 31 July 2023
• Some of them build a snow fort on the lawn while others construct sledding jumps.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2019

Last Updated: 30 Apr 2024