cordon round

Examples (10)

• Police officers threw a cordon round the building to protect the witnesses inside.
• The army formed a tight cordon round the entire village overnight.
• There is now a police cordon round the crime scene.
• A security cordon was quickly established round the crash site.
• Journalists were kept behind the cordon thrown round the embassy.
• They will place a cordon round the park during the royal visit.
• Firefighters set up a safety cordon round the unstable structure.
• It was impossible to get through the steel cordon round the military base.
• Protestors found a human cordon round the city hall, preventing entry.
• The rescue team maintained a cordon round the collapsed mine for safety reasons.