How to Use fortify in a Sentence

fortify

verb

• He took a deep breath to fortify himself before stepping onto the stage.
• Support for his theories has been fortified by the results of these experiments.
• That was at his old house, the one not fortified by gates.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• The long drive fortified her vision of a new life on the road someday.
  — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
• If not, what about a small move or two to fortify the roster?
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
• Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• The windows of the building on the first few floors are fortified with wide deep lintels and thick mesh iron grating.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
• If Schultz does sign elsewhere, the Cowboys could chose to fortify the position in the draft.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Suites and villas, fortified by Greek stone and marble, soothe the senses in muted tones of blue, white, and gray.
  — Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Petit Verdot wine was fortified with brandy and aged four years in barrel.
  — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
• The Maroons, meanwhile, had regrouped at a new location, two miles north of the old one, and fortified it.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
• Two beams now reinforce each front door, and the rear wheel-arch structure is fortified, as are the B-pillars.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2023
• This increases the smoke point and will fortify the butter to keep it from burning.
  — Jessica Furniss, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• Baron felt that standards would need to be fortified, not reconceived.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
• Some are even fortified with more leucine than most casein or whey powders on the market.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• The chick was returned to Murphy on Monday after the nest was fortified and improved.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
• All in, Abeille Royal’s products are chock full of amino acids, vitamins, and minerals that fortify skin and hair alike (and the scalp, at that).
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
• Does Ocean fortify and consecrate his work by refusing to put more of it into the world?
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• Use your voice to convince others to pitch in, help, and fortify your pursuits, success and longevity.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
• With barely a dry eye in the room, Jakes Roberts concluded with a spirit fortifying prayer.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 26 Feb. 2024
• Today, about fourteen per cent of the coast is fortified with hard barriers.
  — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
• The Angels now have fortified themselves with three Rockies players in five weeks.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• In making the same point, however morally urgent, over and over again, does the film fortify or weaken its case?
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• Fortune spoke with Dillon to learn more about why microstress matters and how to fortify yourself against it.
  — Barbara Brody, Fortune Well, 18 Apr. 2023
• Ukrainian forces reclaimed control of the city and fortified it, but the fighting continued.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
• It’s packed with hyaluronic acid and squalene to deeply nourish and fortify the skin barrier.
  — Sam Peters, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
• Sitting so close to Gaza, each child’s bedroom was fortified to withstand rockets.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• If this is likely to be the case, nothing will have prepared us to assimilate its promise or to fortify ourselves against the worst outcomes.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
• But Snider says the errors from Wednesday will be valuable feedback to fortify the warning system.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2023
• Storefront windows had been fortified with plywood and tarps.
  — Jon Mooallem Andrea Frazzetta, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024