Lockdown

//ˈlɑkˌdaʊn//

"Lockdown" in a Sentence (14 examples)

"Mary, who would have thought it would be 2021 and the entire United States is on carbohydrate lockdown by the Chinese authorities," said Tom. "When we were just married, Tom, I never told you about my secret dowry. This can of beans," said Mary.

The cities were put on lockdown on the eve of the Lunar New Year, when millions of Chinese traditionally travel.

At least 10 towns in the north of Italy are in lockdown mode and the army is ensuring no one enters or leaves them during a quarantine period.

Extra food and medical supplies will be taken to the towns in lockdown in northern Italy.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says residents in affected towns could face weeks in lockdown.

The nationwide lockdown has left thousands of foreign tourists and visitors in Italy in a quandary.

Italy is placed under lockdown.

All of Italy is now placed under lockdown.

A resident uses pot lids to play cymbals as she takes part in a music flash mob called "Look out from the window, Rome mine!" The event sought to liven up the city's silence during the coronavirus lockdown.

No Algerian city is in lockdown because of the coronavirus.

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At the time of writing, no decisions had been made by the Government as to when or how lockdown restrictions might begin to be lifted. However, discussions were taking place in the industry about how social distancing could be maintained on the railway if some patronage were to return soon.

Fans relished the traditional FA Cup fanfare from the Coldstream Guards and the hymn Abide With Me before throwing themselves wholeheartedly into an experience they have been largely deprived of since the first coronavirus lockdown began in March 2020.

When a column of smoke appeared on Thursday over the Sitong Bridge overpass in the Haidian district of Beijing, it drew attention to a protester who had hung banners openly bashing China’s top leader by name and criticizing the country’s “zero Covid” policy, including one calling for “freedom and not lockdowns.”

The rafts were made up of strings of logs about seventeen feet wide, held together by poles across them. Each log was pinned to the poles by wooden pegs and lockdowns.

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