How to Use fort in a Sentence

fort

noun
  • They captured the fort after a long battle.
  • Put them in tents, build forts, etc.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Holding the fort down for on to me, all right?
    — Anna Pook, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Kids scaled the foam walls and built forts out of square cushions.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 18 July 2018
  • The fort stood at least through the 1850s.
    — Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Piña held down the fort in the meantime, and more than ably at that.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2018
  • There was a sleeping loft for me that was like a paradise fort.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Dalton can hold the fort for a game, or two, as needed.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • When deciding where to build the fort, the group held a vote.
    — Amanda Bellows, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
  • The loose cushions do seem prime for fort building.
    — Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Two other forts from Buck’s squadron are knocked out of the fight.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Construct a fort with chairs, sheets and pillows on a rainy day.
    — Kathleen Dexter M.s.w., miamiherald, 20 Feb. 2018
  • If there was a raid, people would abandon the fields and head straight to the fort.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 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
  • Emden held down the fort with 15 saves and even scored a goal from across the pool.
    — Paul Johnson, Naperville Sun, 18 May 2018
  • Allen thundered a command for the British to hand over the fort.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • From there, the Natick defense held the fort.
    — Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The hotel is preserving relics from his time across the fort.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The fort would have witnessed the heyday of the sailing barges.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • For close to three years, Myanmar’s junta has held down the fort.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Terrance Mitchell has held down on the fort, but is ranked 42nd.
    — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Kids can build forts, ramps, different types of seating and more.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Kids can build forts, ramps, different types of seating and more.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Kids can build forts, ramps, different types of seating and more.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Johnson has been a major factor in holding down the fort.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The fort’s lake views are incredible, too.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • Canons and more were taken from the fort to Boston to bolster the colonists there.
    — USA Today, 6 May 2026

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