How to Use cordon in a Sentence

cordon

1 of 2 noun

• A cordon of police kept protesters away from the building.
• Roads were closed and a large police cordon was set up as police swarmed the area.
  — Christina Boyle, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
• Police said there was no risk to people outside a cordon around the scene.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2026
• Cordons were thrown up amid the chaos, and hundreds of people were left stranded.
  — Raphael Satter, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2017
• My plan was to cut the trunks back to one trunk and then try to establish new cordons this year off of that trunk.
  — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023
• The police formed cordons around villages close to the station.
  — The Economist, 28 July 2019
• Photos from the scene showed a body lying in the street behind a police cordon.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2019
• Outside the cordon, Chief Supt.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• Sure, the capsule is cordoned off, but the cordon is more of a suggestion.
  — National Geographic, 4 Mar. 2016
• Police set up cordons roughly a mile in radius around the device.
  — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2017
• Then a cordon of riot police charged to disperse the crowd outside.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 1 July 2019
• Whether that massive cordon will prove effective remains to be seen.
  — New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020
• The brigadier slowly tightened the cordon around Wedge's aircraft.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• Haunting remnants of the night before littered the area around the police cordon.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 May 2017
• Staff had begun arriving at the station in the morning but a police cordon was still in place.
  — Bloomberg.com, 21 June 2017
• That site becomes a work of architecture, defined by the cordon.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
• In theory, the cordon should go down at midnight,’’ Codazzi said.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2020
• At times the crowd grew restive and fights nearly broke out when someone tried to jump the line, which was a temptation because there was no cordon.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• When some protesters tried to jump a cordon, police began to use tear gas, stun grenades and pepper spray to contain the crowd.
  — Jill Langlois, latimes.com, 24 May 2017
• Local residents had gathered on the beach just beyond a cordon of caution tape to catch a sight of the mountain cat.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
• Protesters broke through the police cordon at the main entrance of the government building, but did not try to open its doors.
  — Llazar Semini, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
• Despite the death of her husband, the security cordon hasn’t lifted.
  — Jared Genser, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2017
• Firefighters battled the blaze for hours as people behind the police cordon looked on in disbelief.
  — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• Many have come out, some younger students escorted by parents and principals, while others have tried to evade the cordon and escape.
  — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
• The area in an upscale residential part of West London was taped off behind a large cordon.
  — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2017
• Hundreds of people crowded the runway to greet Ali, pushing against a cordon of soldiers armed with truncheons.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
• The video showed police cordon off an area in downtown Milwaukee as members of the bomb squad were getting ready to take care of the package.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 May 2018
• Children played in a playground and people enjoying the sunny weather stopped to peer at the building, which had a police cordon around it.
  — Tatyana Chistikova, NBC News, 31 May 2023
• Police also used shields and a cordon to prevent the protesters from blockading the entrance to the commission.
  — Helena Bedwell, Bloomberg.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• Beyond the police cordon, however, crowds still filled nearby cafes and the city’s night life resumed its normal pace soon after the attack.
  — Washington Post, 12 May 2018

cordon

2 of 2 verb

• The playground and courts have since been cordoned off with crime tape.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2020
• Since the trees were of such height, crews cordoned off a large work area for safety.
  — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2019
• Police cordoned off the area around the crime scene with yellow tape.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2019
• The tables were cordoned off from the public seats, at least eight feet away.
  — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
• Police cordoned off a 143-block area and used tear gas on the crowds.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 2 Feb. 2020
• The area will be cordoned off with a steel rail fence and seeded with native grasses.
  — USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
• The practice was finally outlawed and what was left of the rock was cordoned off.
  — Diane Daniel, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
• The tweet went on to say that crews cordoned off the area and notified other agencies.
  — Fox News, 11 Nov. 2019
• But for the past year those genteel alcoves have been cordoned of with segments of ten-foot-high chain-link.
  — Matthew Segal, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 June 2018
• Cops were summoned to cordon off the parking lot with yellow police tape.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• On Sunday, suites were reserved, rooms in bars rented out and cordoned off.
  — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 June 2019
• Certain suspect sites have been cordoned off to protect the public.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 7 July 2018
• The area was cordoned off with crime scene tape, and officers could be seen searching the area with flashlights.
  — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• The funeral home staff no longer holds the front door for guests, and the welcome desk is cordoned off with theater rope.
  — Victor Llorente, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2020
• The way societies have usually managed the vice is to cordon it off.
  — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
• Police cordoned off the area until deep into the night as forensics experts combed the street for clues.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• Fights broke out among some in the crowd and security forces tried to cordon those without vouchers off to one side.
  — Fox News, 28 Jan. 2022
• The object was confirmed as a pipe bomb and the area was cordoned off as the bomb squad took possession of the device.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Police tape cordoned off the scene, which was a short distance away from Ronan Park.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
• On the whistle, we were allowed to walk (not run) into shallow waters cordoned off by bright-red buoys.
  — Sophia Moskalenko, Vox, 2 July 2019
• Helicopter footage showed a sheet in the middle of the yard next to the house, with police tape cordoning off the area.
  — Mike Catalini, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
• The site of the shootings — the 1200 building — still stands, cordoned off by a chain-link fence.
  — Tim Reynolds, The Seattle Times, 30 July 2018
• News24 video footage showed the body of the attacker lying in an open area cordoned off by police tape.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2018
• The animal could be spotted in a green and white pet carrier, which was cordoned off at a second crime scene.
  — Tara John, CNN, 15 Aug. 2019
• City of Grand Rapids salt trucks were used to cordon off certain roads to vehicles while the march took place.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2022
• The parking lot was cordoned off with police tape as multiple first-responders came to the scene.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Winship Street was cordoned off and detectives canvassed the block.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 25 June 2019
• Authorities cordoned off the area around a vehicle, and the store did not close, the spokeswoman said.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2019
• Police cordoned off the area around the park, and the deputy head of the French interior ministry was at the scene.
  — NBC News, 3 Jan. 2020
• The block of two- and three-flats was quiet after the shooting, with a small crime scene cordoned off in yellow tape on the south side of the sidewalk.
  — Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2018