The people wanted to fortify the walls of the town by using large boulders. From LearnThat.org.
Mr. Watson, after many efforts to speak, said in a faultering voice, -- Consider we are christians: -- let that bless'd name fortify our souls. From Wordnik.com. [Barford Abbey] Reference
He encouraged owners to take measures to "fortify" their businesses with security measures, such as alarms. From Wordnik.com. [KOMO - News - Top Stories] Reference
A delay would give the enemy time to reinforce and fortify. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Creek, the point that I was expected to take, hold, and fortify. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
"Oh, infamy!" he continued, seeking to fortify himself by exclamations. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
We struck him about noon, forced him to assume the defensive, and to fortify. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Justin ate an unusually hearty supper as if to fortify himself for his wooing. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
We are all encouraged to help fortify the perimeter to ensure that nothing can get in or out. From Wordnik.com. [And We Are Laid To Waste] Reference
At the same time, the United States poured in millions to fortify Afghanistan's Central Bank. From Wordnik.com. [Kabul Bank crisis followed U.S. push for cleanup] Reference
One possibility is to fortify feed with tannins, which appear to inhibit methanogenic activity. From Wordnik.com. [Farming Changes Affect Climate] Reference
The result: a pact meant to fortify Salinas's economic reforms has instead exposed their fragility. From Wordnik.com. [What Really Worries Mexico] Reference
We are accordingly pledged to honor, and to strive to fortify, the authority of the United Nations. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
It was just one of those places that the ancients loved to fortify, almost insular and easily defensible. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
With honesty and goodness, he breaks through the racial and class barriers that fortify the Southern city. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of Bromides] Reference
He impressed all of us with his capacity to use the adversity he faced to fortify his character and leadership. From Wordnik.com. [Birch Bayh: My Friend, The Lion] Reference
The experience through which Jacqueline had just passed was not calculated to fortify her or to elevate her soul. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At his confirmation hearing, Days pledged to fortify his office's reputation for "absolute candor and fair dealing.". From Wordnik.com. [Uneasy Days In Court] Reference
I might cite many more, but I think these few will tend to fortify the conclusions we have been trying to arrive at. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
For lunch, fortify yourself with a bratwurst, falafel or Turkish doner kebab for about 2.5 euros on any street corner. From Wordnik.com. [Culture On The Cheap] Reference
Such arguments serve only to fortify those already in favor of immigration reform, and are met with derision by those who don't. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Bisbee Silber: Birthright Citizenship and the Modern Day Know Nothings] Reference
On the 8th Meade was directed to fortify a line down the bank overlooking the Chickahominy, under cover of which the army could move. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
What they hoped to find was some common strengths that would help fortify their city against a neocolonial encroachment from the north. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Of Mao Zedong Chic] Reference
Soviet-backed Ethiopian troops and Eritrean rebels had ripped out its rails and ties to fortify bunkers during the long siege of Massawa. From Wordnik.com. [Back From The Ruins] Reference
The private sector, particularly non-big-businesses that haven't been able to fortify their balance sheets with cash, takes the hindmost. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Bombs Economy Again] Reference
They would fortify themselves with a good breakfast, look over the mesa, make one more circling flight and then attempt to find Camp Eagle. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
"" The Wealth of Nations '' aimed to fortify legislators against "" the pressures of economic groups '' for special privileges, Muller says. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Of Adam Smith] Reference
So try a supplement, but remember: memorizing the names of all those chemicals may fortify your brain more than the chemicals themselves will. From Wordnik.com. [Ginkgo On Your Mind?] Reference
Shocked by a series of truck-bomb attacks on U.S. troops and installations, the government spent millions to fortify embassies and build impenetrable new ones. From Wordnik.com. [Life In The Bull's-Eye] Reference
In Italy, workers labored feverishly to fortify monuments too difficult to transport, entombing Michelangelo's "David," for example, inside a thick brick shell. From Wordnik.com. [Art Lovers, Art Looters] Reference
And in Kuwait itself, a half million Iraqi troops continued to fortify the "Saddam Line," their gargantuan World War I-like entrenchment along the border with Saudi Arabia. From Wordnik.com. [Saddam's Endgame] Reference
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