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.
  • What will the Guards do to fortify the bullpen this week?
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2022
  • That was at his old house, the one not fortified by gates.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 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
  • The long drive fortified her vision of a new life on the road someday.
    — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Money is tight, but the women still paid to fortify the house.
    — Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The work will fortify and extend the life of the culverts, which date back to the early 1980s, according to the city.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 26 May 2021
  • If not, what about a small move or two to fortify the roster?
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • Then, fortify it with a second line, a few feet further out from the first.
    — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Many of the canals running through the farmland were fortified with low hillocks covered in grass.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Your support is one of the few things that fortify this hoop today.
    — Vogue, 11 Mar. 2022
  • This oil blends pumpkin and rosemary oils to fortify and nourish the hair and scalp.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The windows of the building on the first few floors are fortified with wide deep lintels and thick mesh iron grating.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The Reds traded for Rogers in January to fortify the bullpen.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The trade deadline has passed, but the Celtics are not done looking for ways to fortify their roster.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • What hope had been fortified in the first half Wednesday had faded by the second.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
  • What hope had been fortified in the first half Wednesday had faded by the second.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Called up to fortify the bullpen, Puk was summoned after the Dodgers drove out Frankie Montas in the third inning.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Xi also set out to fortify the party’s grasp over the country.
    — Selina Wang, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The goal is to fortify the terrain against slides and erosion before the onset of winter.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Both towers, which weren’t harmed, were cleaned and fortified.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
  • If Schultz does sign elsewhere, the Cowboys could chose to fortify the position in the draft.
    — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Suites and villas, fortified by Greek stone and marble, soothe the senses in muted tones of blue, white, and gray.
    — Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The Petit Verdot wine was fortified with brandy and aged four years in barrel.
    — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The formula works to fortify and revive dull and dry strands.
    — Maggie Horton, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The Dolphins could have used either to fortify their lines — center is a need.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Their remote outposts were hard to fortify with food and supplies, and the windswept peaks were prone to avalanches.
    — New York Times, 8 May 2021
  • Poles kicked things off with two trades for starting guards, not waiting until free agency to begin fortifying the group tasked with protecting Williams.
    — Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Regular table salt, on the other hand, is often fortified with iodine, which is essential for thyroid health.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025

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