Examples of 'cordon' in a sentence
Meaning of "cordon"
Cordon is a line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing people from entering an area, often used for security or safety purposes
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- A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from 17th c.]
- A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
- A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from 16th c.]
- The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully. [from 20th c.]
How to use "cordon" in a sentence
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I want a loose cordon around the target.
Cordon off the area from midnight.
We have chicken cordon bleu or a poached salmon.
Cordon off the entrance to the street.
Then we will cordon this place off.
A cordon of armed men has completely encircled.
We need an inner cordon as well as this one.
Cordon off every entrance to the city.
They intend to cordon us here to start with.
Cordon off the entire dance hall.
We will form a cordon until you arrive.
A cordon of gendarmes opened to let them pass.
And then this cordon comes down.
And cordon off all the roads.
We will need to cordon the place off.
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The cordon remains in place until today.
You must hold that cordon line.
We will cordon the whole place off.
I want to set up a protective cordon right away.
Let us cordon off a one block perimeter.
It is a miracle that we escaped the cordon sanitaire.
You wanted to cordon this off in four.
Cordon did not like to be described as a circus photographer.
They posted a cordon and were searching for it.
The canister is now outside the cordon.
I had them cordon off the area.
I cordon off time in my week to work on my blog.
They put in a police cordon out here.
Right cordon off the whole area.
We would have to cross the police cordon.
Through the cordon drawn around them.
Get hit technicians and do a proper cordon.
Finish cordon silk and cotton polyester.
Let us get guards and make a cordon.
Police is mobilizing to cordon off the building.
Please stand back behind the cordon.
Christchurch red zone cordon finally lifted.
We will just come underneath this cordon.
We will set up a marine cordon for containment.
You are on the wrong side of the cordon.
Cordon off the area and get back to me.
He will have a security cordon around him.
First we cordon off your neighborhood.
There is a way to get out of the cordon.
We need to cordon off the area.
Do not try and crash that cordon.
We will cordon off the area.
We have to find a way out of the cordon.
As police cordon off the home.
I managed to get through the police cordon.
