Fortress in example sentence

Don Quixote, observing the respectful bearing of the Alcaide of the fortress (for so innkeeper and inn seemed in his eyes), made answer,"Sir Castellan, for me anything will suffice, for'My armour is my only wear, My only rest the fray.'"

More example sentences with word fortress

It's a social citadel; it's an impregnable fortress which resists any assault, any alternative.

And around the fortress is this vast field of taboo against premarital sex, against condoms, against abortion, against homosexuality, you name it.

These figures are sort of entrapped within this very strong grid, which is like a prison, but also a fortress, because it allows them to be oblivious and naive and carefree and quite oblivious of the external world.

But as soon as the threat is passed, the entrance is open again, and maybe there are situations in computer security where operating costs are low enough that we could just block access temporarily in response to an immediate threat, and then open it again, instead of trying to build a permanent firewall or fortress.

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