Examples of “bastion” in a Sentence

noun A projecting section of a fort or castle wall, built to give defenders a better line of fire.

• Guards stood watch from the corner bastion of the old fort.
• Tourists climbed the stone bastion to look out over the sea.
• Cannons were mounted along the bastion overlooking the harbor.

noun A place, group, or person that firmly protects and upholds something, such as an idea or value.

• The small library has long been a bastion of quiet study in the city.
• The old university was seen as a bastion of free speech.
• The village remained a bastion of traditional farming long after its neighbors modernized.