How to Use cordon in a Sentence

cordon

1 of 2 noun
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  • A cordon of police kept protesters away from the building.
  • The police formed cordons around villages close to the station.
    — The Economist, 28 July 2019
  • Roads were closed and a large police cordon was set up as police swarmed the area.
    — Christina Boyle, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
  • My plan was to cut the trunks back to one trunk and then try to establish new cordons this year off of that trunk.
    — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The brigadier slowly tightened the cordon around Wedge's aircraft.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Cordons were thrown up amid the chaos, and hundreds of people were left stranded.
    — Raphael Satter, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2017
  • Sure, the capsule is cordoned off, but the cordon is more of a suggestion.
    — National Geographic, 4 Mar. 2016
  • Photos from the scene showed a body lying in the street behind a police cordon.
    — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Haunting remnants of the night before littered the area around the police cordon.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 May 2017
  • Then a cordon of riot police charged to disperse the crowd outside.
    — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 1 July 2019
  • According to Britain's PA news agency, the mall remains closed and a police cordon is in place.
    — Bianca Britton, CNN, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Police set up cordons roughly a mile in radius around the device.
    — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Walking home from work now means dodging the police cordons.
    — Danica Kirka, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2018
  • At times the crowd grew restive and fights nearly broke out when someone tried to jump the line, which was a temptation because there was no cordon.
    — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 20 May 2022
  • Staff had begun arriving at the station in the morning but a police cordon was still in place.
    — Bloomberg.com, 21 June 2017
  • The video showed police cordon off an area in downtown Milwaukee as members of the bomb squad were getting ready to take care of the package.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 May 2018
  • Aerial footage of the scene, filmed by Reuters, showed a police cordon and black tent set up at the back of the white container, which was attached to a red Scania truck.
    — Tara John, CNN, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Protesters broke through the police cordon at the main entrance of the government building, but did not try to open its doors.
    — Llazar Semini, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
  • When some protesters tried to jump a cordon, police began to use tear gas, stun grenades and pepper spray to contain the crowd.
    — Jill Langlois, latimes.com, 24 May 2017
  • Local residents had gathered on the beach just beyond a cordon of caution tape to catch a sight of the mountain cat.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • In theory, the cordon should go down at midnight,’’ Codazzi said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • A number of schoolchildren, still in their school uniforms, placed flowers at the police cordon at the entrance to the park on Monday.
    — Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Police said new cordons had been added near Solstice Park, a business park, in the town of Amesbury near to Salisbury.
    — Toby Melville, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Images from the scene showed police cordons and an ambulance outside the Arena Bar and Cafe.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The first couple stood talking to the Queen for a few moments before turning to face a cordon of red-uniformed Grenadier Guards wearing bearskin hats.
    — Natasha Bertrand, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • That site becomes a work of architecture, defined by the cordon.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The area in an upscale residential part of West London was taped off behind a large cordon.
    — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2017
  • In the French city of Lyon, a bus from Milan was surrounded by a police cordon while the passengers were given a health check.
    — NBC News, 7 Mar. 2020
  • The attack began when the gunman tried to break through the security cordon outside the Coptic Church of Mar Mina.
    — Menna Zaki, Houston Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Faced with a Chinese cordon, the U.S. might have to decide whether to risk a shooting exchange or capitulate, the Rand paper said.
    — Charles Hutzler, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
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cordon

2 of 2 verb
  • The site of the shootings — the 1200 building — still stands, cordoned off by a chain-link fence.
    — Tim Reynolds, The Seattle Times, 30 July 2018
  • Or plant shrubs or hedges to cordon off rooms of any size?
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 22 June 2021
  • Police cordoned off a 143-block area and used tear gas on the crowds.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 2 Feb. 2020
  • The playground and courts have since been cordoned off with crime tape.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Since the trees were of such height, crews cordoned off a large work area for safety.
    — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Police cordoned off the area around the crime scene with yellow tape.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The area was evacuated and the street was cordoned off.
    — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 12 June 2018
  • The tables were cordoned off from the public seats, at least eight feet away.
    — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
  • The road was closed and cordoned off after the incident.
    — Fox News, 2 July 2019
  • Police cordoned off the area around the park, and the deputy head of the French interior ministry was at the scene.
    — NBC News, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Helicopter footage showed a sheet in the middle of the yard next to the house, with police tape cordoning off the area.
    — Mike Catalini, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
  • The practice was finally outlawed and what was left of the rock was cordoned off.
    — Diane Daniel, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
  • The object was confirmed as a pipe bomb and the area was cordoned off as the bomb squad took possession of the device.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The tweet went on to say that crews cordoned off the area and notified other agencies.
    — Fox News, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The area will be cordoned off with a steel rail fence and seeded with native grasses.
    — USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
  • Deputies helped state park officials cordon off the area.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
  • City of Grand Rapids salt trucks were used to cordon off certain roads to vehicles while the march took place.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The funeral home staff no longer holds the front door for guests, and the welcome desk is cordoned off with theater rope.
    — Victor Llorente, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The block of two- and three-flats was quiet after the shooting, with a small crime scene cordoned off in yellow tape on the south side of the sidewalk.
    — Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • News24 video footage showed the body of the attacker lying in an open area cordoned off by police tape.
    — Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • The area was cordoned off with crime scene tape, and officers could be seen searching the area with flashlights.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Police tape cordoned off the scene, which was a short distance away from Ronan Park.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
  • But for the past year those genteel alcoves have been cordoned of with segments of ten-foot-high chain-link.
    — Matthew Segal, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 June 2018
  • In the main viewing areas, the trees are cordoned by pine fences, although visitors can get up close to the trees in the upper parts of the grove.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 18 June 2018
  • An aerial view of the Walmart, which sits next to a strip mall, showed a large swath of the parking lot cordoned off in yellow crime scene tape.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The assailants escaped after the shooting, and the security forces cordoned off the area to search for them.
    — Salman Masood, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
  • Police cordoned off the area until deep into the night as forensics experts combed the street for clues.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Authorities cordoned off the area around a vehicle, and the store did not close, the spokeswoman said.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2019
  • By midmorning, the area was cordoned off with police tape.
    — CBS News, 28 July 2019
  • On Sunday, suites were reserved, rooms in bars rented out and cordoned off.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 June 2019

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