rampart

Example Sentences

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In the press notes accompanying the film, he writes, “The Ukrainians are our rampart.”

From Los Angeles Times

On top of this base, turf would have been laid to build a rampart about 2 metres high.

From BBC

Crew members with shovels and clad in snow boots, ear protectors and foul-weather clothing were logging 12-hour days clearing precarious icy ramparts off the roofs of homes and businesses.

From Los Angeles Times

Gillers said ordinary Americans might find it puzzling that “one half of a married couple is at the ramparts on political issues that then get translated into legal issues that her husband has to decide.”

From Washington Post

Though O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? turned into an embarrassed hum, the crowd still cheered at the end anyway.

From Washington Post