How to Use concertina wire in a Sentence

concertina wire

noun

• Paul's view is of a small patch of grass, a tall fence and a rolling wave of razor-sharp concertina wire.
  — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2015
• Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• Other troops have helped construct fences and lay concertina wire.
  — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
• Refuge can be found within the perimeter and beyond the concertina wire.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2021
• Because concertina wire, buoys and walls … will not stop people from crossing.
  — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
• The wall was eighteen feet tall, made of steel, topped with concertina wire, and equipped with cameras and sensors.
  — Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
• That's why the barriers, the fences and the concertina wire downtown are troubling.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
• Wet from the canal, the trio sat on the ground surrounded by trash, empty water bottles and concertina wire.
  — cincinnati.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• Women and children could be seen weaving through razor-sharp concertina wire to claim asylum.
  — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
• Plans call for about 150 more miles of concertina wire placed mainly in the gaps between ports of entry.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, The Seattle Times, 29 Jan. 2019
• There, a short stretch of concertina wire spiraled off into the tall grass, held together in places by bits of metal and cords.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• Its streets, once teeming with traffic, are dotted with spools of concertina wire, blocking movement.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
• And spools of concertina wire block the streets that branch off the highway, forcing residents to remain indoors.
  — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
• For so many years, the city’s name has been shorthand for civil war, for lives limned by tear gas and concertina wire, for protests and bombings and gunfire.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
• Back then, crowds crushed against concertina wire on the Greece-Macedonia border.
  — Arwa Damon, CNN, 7 Mar. 2022
• About a dozen migrants were camped on the opposite side of the border wall, but entry to the gates was blocked with thickets of concertina wire.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port near the Sentri vehicle lane.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• Several teenagers, wrapped in heavy jackets, blankets and rubber mats, were also put over the concertina wire.
  — Daniel Ochoa De Olza, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
• Alongside a fairway one recent day, a white pickup truck rattled along, tugging a trailer full of concertina wire.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• There’s concertina wire on the Mexican side that the Americans put up.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 28 May 2019
• The school’s new building, tucked into a tight bend in a narrow alleyway, is protected by armed guards, high walls and concertina wire.
  — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
• Starting last fall, federal forces began stringing hundreds of miles of concertina wire along the border.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
• Most of the military work at the border fence has been limited to laying miles of concertina wire along the base of the fence or along the top in some areas.
  — Vivian Salama, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2018
• As daylight broke, birds began chirping in the mesquite tree, briefly masking the sound of wire cutters snipping the concertina wire in the riverbed below.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
• In response, the staff built 10-foot concrete walls topped with concertina wire, and made sure the enclosures were guarded round-the-clock.
  — Steph Yin, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
• On the American side, there is a wall of rusting shipping containers topped with concertina wire along the water.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• The model, about a foot long with precise detail, shows a miniature four-story white structure surrounded by a wall topped with concertina wire.
  — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2022
• The concertina wire atop some portions of the wall is littered with shreds of camouflage clothing left behind by migrants who became tangled on their way down.
  — Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• The concertina wire has been at the port since May 3 when a photo of the wire was posted to Facebook by someone waiting to drive through.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• Downtown El Paso seemed within grasp, its skyline visible past the border wall and the spools of concertina wire.
  — Nick Miroff and Toluse Olorunnipa, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023