How to Use "cordon" with Example Sentences

1. Scotland yard said a cordon was used because missiles were being thrown at officers .

2. Government troops , tanks and armoured cars are enforcing a forbidding cordon around the desert circuit .

3. Armed police moved the onlookers beyond a cordon as paramilitary troops moved in on the building .

4. The violent attempts to break through the police cordon were led by male youths , many from anarchist groups but many ordinary russians were refusing to leave the site of the protest too .

5. It has used the pretext of an alleged terrorist threat to impose a restrictive security cordon on the city and curtail visas even for harmless businessmen .