Opposite them, with its crude "thus saith the law" stamped on white dome and fortress-like walls, rose the Capitol.

Some fear that the Europeans will put up fortress-like walls against Americans and other outside trading partners and investors.

Also the secluded garden and fortress-like walls about it, were easier to protect.

The main bòht was built in 1546 and features fortress-like walls and pillars.

The Atotonilco sanctuary has plain high fortress-like walls.

She was well known by them as a frequent visitor so did not have to go through the usual formalities required to get into the fortress-like walls.

One face evokes the farmhouses of the Basque and establishes a fortress-like wall against the battering winds on the north.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a running figure that disappeared around a bend in the fortress-like wall.

The ambassador and several other American diplomats live behind the fortress-like walls of the new embassy compound.

The fortress-like wall was designed as a precautionary measure that would project America's strength and confidence; somehow it merely suggests the opposite.