How to Use fort in a Sentence

fort

noun
  • They captured the fort after a long battle.
  • 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
  • Guys have come in, and he’s still been able to hold the fort.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The fort would have witnessed the heyday of the sailing barges.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • Kids scaled the foam walls and built forts out of square cushions.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 18 July 2018
  • Piña held down the fort in the meantime, and more than ably at that.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Building the fort that makes up the map’s B site was easy.
    Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • If there was a raid, people would abandon the fields and head straight to the fort.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • There was a sleeping loft for me that was like a paradise fort.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Build a cozy blanket fort for an all-day movie marathon.
    The Editors, Cosmopolitan, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Find free parking at the fort or at the finish line locale.
    Susan Friedman, Orlando Signature, 23 June 2017
  • Construct a fort with chairs, sheets and pillows on a rainy day.
    Kathleen Dexter M.s.w., miamiherald, 20 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • In the meantime, Chubb and Johnson will hold down the fort.
    cleveland, 27 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • But his siblings and cousins certainly held down the fort.
    Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, 8 June 2019
  • Some of them build a snow fort on the lawn while others construct sledding jumps.
    Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Try doing things outside your com- fort zone for a change.
    Essence Lifestyle, Essence, 31 July 2023
  • The boys rode bikes, built forts and fished in the Quabbin Reservoir.
    Karina Bland, azcentral, 23 May 2018
  • 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
  • In one corner, her daughter has strung blankets around her cot to build a fort for the cats.
    Diana Markosian, National Geographic, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Use flashlights to tell stories on the walls of your fort with shadow puppets.
    Jennifer Jhon, sun-sentinel.com, 26 May 2021
  • Stories that the building was built as a fort and was never a mosque are gaining ground.
    Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Building a snow fort is something children and adults will love.
    Chase Brush, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • This sandbox is great for toddlers and bigger kids who want more of a fort-style vibe.
    Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2022
  • Its kind of like being in a tree fort that comes with a soft foam mattress and a water-tight roof.
    James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2019

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