The forted village, ringed with stout walls and watchtowers, offered refuge to weary travelers.

During the storm, the settlers forted the hill with logs and earth to protect the village.

The kids were forting in the backyard with sheets and chairs until sunset.

As the consultant emphasized, Fortes such as leadership and empathy are often overlooked in hiring decisions.

Forte submitted her research on sustainable architecture to the university journal.

On rainy afternoons, my siblings and I build elaborate pillow forts in the living room and spend the day reading stories by flashlight.

Historians often visit star forts to study their unique defensive geometry and surrounding moats.

Archaeologists surveyed the ancient hill-forts scattered across the misty ridge at dawn.

Local farmers avoided plowing the fields near the ancient fairy forts out of respect and superstition.

Children spent the afternoon building ropes and ramps to reach the tops of the climbing forts.