Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embattlements
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In 1946, Picasso set up his studio in Château Grimaldi, a former medieval castle perched above the ramparts.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026 -
The best are those on top floors with views of the pool or Caribbean Sea beyond city ramparts—uninterrupted for over 500 miles north to Jamaica.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
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Cannons and fortifications are also on the grounds.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Built as a Crusader castle around the 12th century on top of previous fortifications, it has also been used by Saladin’s Jerusalem army, Mamluks, Ottomans, the French and the Palestine Liberation Organization.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2026
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The home stands apart in other ways, operating entirely off the grid with solar panels concealed behind parapets and water drawn from snowmelt.—
Nick Mafi,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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They were accompanied by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg while walking to one of the parapets ringing the two pools, bearing the names of the victims of the attacks.—
Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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Old San Juan’s blue‑cobblestone streets wind past 16th‑century forts, sherbet‑colored rowhouses and plazas.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
17 June 2026
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The trailers show that Eternia was once a vibrant alien-like world with multi-colored forests, massive mountains and fortresses with towering faces carved into their entrances.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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And by the turn of the twenty-first century, most of those tiny bungalows had been replaced by sprawling estates—fortresses for the entertainment elite, where Oscar trophies adorned mantels and wealth guarded from disaster.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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This is around the same time that the first earthworks at Stonehenge were built, while the famous stones weren’t put in place until 500 years later.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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It's thought that people would have celebrated the solstice at the site around the same time as the very first earthworks were built at Stonehenge.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
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Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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Bored Lord and AceMo, longtime bastions of their respective coastal scenes, offer up two rumbling club heaters.—
Benny Sun,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
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But this weekend was a compelling pitch not just for yacht culture, but for Loro Piana as one of the last bastions of luxury apparel.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
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“Embattlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embattlements. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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