How to Use fortify in a Sentence

fortify

verb
  • He took a deep breath to fortify himself before stepping onto the stage.
  • Support for his theories has been fortified by the results of these experiments.
  • That’s how to fortify your team to win.
    — Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • No doubt to fortify the regime.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • If not, what about a small move or two to fortify the roster?
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • To be fair, healthy habits are just a bulwark to fortify you for the tougher stuff.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
  • Both towers, which weren’t harmed, were cleaned and fortified.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The long drive fortified her vision of a new life on the road someday.
    — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Your support is one of the few things that fortify this hoop today.
    — Vogue, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Money is tight, but the women still paid to fortify the house.
    — Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Then, fortify it with a second line, a few feet further out from the first.
    — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • The Rams have fortified themselves for both the short and long term.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Baron felt that standards would need to be fortified, not reconceived.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
  • If necessary, add screws to weak joints to fortify them.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2026
  • And the White Sox, like most clubs, could stand to fortify their bullpen, too.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • His plan is to use them to fortify his powers and merge the two worlds together.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025
  • This oil blends pumpkin and rosemary oils to fortify and nourish the hair and scalp.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Some are even fortified with more leucine than most casein or whey powders on the market.
    — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Misshapen iron rods jut out of what’s left of houses they were designed to fortify.
    — Samya Kullab, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Like Port, Madeira is fortified.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Xi also set out to fortify the party’s grasp over the country.
    — Selina Wang, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Huel sells a range of protein shakes and drinks fortified with nutrients.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Infusing this with her music has fortified her place in pop.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
  • The formula works to fortify and revive dull and dry strands.
    — Maggie Horton, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • That night, Pam fortifies herself with a few drinks and answers when the phone rings.
    — Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Shrubs and trees, with tough bark to fortify them against the cold, are generally shoot-hardy.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Jennings has been on the trade block for months, and could help fortify a leaky Ravens run defense.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • On the bright side, all those years in the black leave most of them better fortified than elsewhere in travel and leisure.
    — Larry Light, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2020
  • This increases the smoke point and will fortify the butter to keep it from burning.
    — Jessica Furniss, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023

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