How to Use drawbridge in a Sentence

drawbridge

noun
  • Your first should be that a drawbridge at rest lies flat against the ground.
    — Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2022
  • Some drawbridges may be up for longer than usual as well.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Think of it like putting a drawbridge over a moat instead of a two-lane road.
    — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Orange leads you across the drawbridge, and then the span starts going up.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 4 June 2018
  • The drawbridges were hauled up, and the king retreated.
    — Catherine Nicholson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • By the time the three of them were outside the drawbridge, the sun was badgered by clouds.
    — Kate Osana Simonian, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • The drawbridge needs to be in the up (open) position during the work.
    — Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Marc let the drawbridge down and let these young princes of New York enter.
    — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • France confronted the drawbridge-raisers head on and beat them.
    — The Economist, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The load shoes can only be replaced while the drawbridge is in the up position.
    — Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The castle had neither a moat nor a drawbridge, so few believe it was ever used as a fortress.
    — Longreads, 17 Sep. 2019
  • One of the most challenging holes was approached by hitting the ball over a drawbridge.
    — Donna Reiner, azcentral, 11 July 2019
  • The damming of the river and building an actual drawbridge that worked.
    — Daniel D’addario, Time, 14 July 2017
  • When it was built, the center arch was a metal drawbridge, allowing large boats to pass through.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021
  • For them, local self-government has become a fortress, and the drawbridge is up.
    — JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The work requires frequent and prolonged openings of the drawbridge.
    — oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2020
  • In one climactic scene, Jane is chased out of the palace by usurpers, and a rival army meets her at the drawbridge.
    — Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
  • Once the drawbridge has been lowered, someone is allowed inside and trusted to roam freely.
    — Maxwell Alles, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The state had successfully dug a moat around the utility, and hadn’t built a drawbridge.
    — Russell Gold, WSJ, 22 June 2019
  • The troubled guardian meets an untimely end in a heightened series of drawbridge mishaps.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Take the left over the drawbridge and the right onto Northwest Fifth Street.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
  • Crews will make electrical upgrades to the span and work on drawbridge maintenance.
    — Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 14 July 2017
  • That kind of steel could withstand the weight of a Ferris wheel or the openings and closings of a drawbridge.
    — Written By Farah Stockman; Photographs By Alyssa Schukar, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The guinea pigs step tentatively over the drawbridge and begin to explore.
    — Hugh Bonneville, Time, 3 July 2017
  • In the months that River Neva is not frozen, the drawbridges open to let naval traffic through.
    — Aanchal Anand, National Geographic, 23 May 2019
  • Roan performs on a set that looks like a massive Gothic castle with a drawbridge, parapets and a throne.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The planned five-lane, dual-leaf drawbridge will be three times as wide as the current bridge, which was built in 1934.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020
  • The prior owner went all out on building a Medieval-style castle, with a moat, a drawbridge and a portcullis.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Scattered throughout the house are bookshelves, including ones that float on walls in the guest room and one that’s a drawbridge in the living room.
    — Madeleine Winer, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Urban on Tuesday pointed to the fact that the bridge didn't have any signage denoting it as a drawbridge.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022

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