How to Use lockdown in a Sentence

lockdown

noun

• The high school was placed on lockdown.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
• The school went on a lockdown for a brief time.
  — City News Service, Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
• That lockdown would last for more than 12 hours.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
• Jets and Browns fans have been on lockdown for a while.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
• The dorm was supposed to be on lockdown.
  — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
• The school was also put on soft lockdown for a short time.
  — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
• When the lockdown lifts, shivs fly and bodies fall.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
• The high school was placed on lockdown, police said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
• Imagine a lockdown for four years.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
• Lots of cooks and creatives left the city, at least in the thick of lockdowns.
  — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
• The lockdown was lifted around noon.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
• The base is on lockdown out of an abundance of caution.
  — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
• Another was stuck in the lockdown at the school.
  — Katie Langford, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
• Another was stuck in the lockdown at the school.
  — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
• The school was on lockdown for several hours, the city said.
  — Austin Turner, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• The school went into lockdown to keep students and staff safe, deputies said.
  — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
• The school conducts three lockdown drills during the school year.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
• Who among us has not seen that star to the left of the lockdown moon, shining as the ship sets sail?
  — Jim Moore, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• But that doesn’t mean Leonard’s lockdown defense will be shelved.
  — Janis Carr, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
• Students described a lockdown as shots rang out.
  — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
• East High School was placed on lockdown in the wake of the shooting.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
• The threat turned out to be benign, but the panic of lockdown was real.
  — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
• The learning center was placed on lockdown.
  — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
• Sources said Covid lockdown inspired the idea from Noah.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
• For a moment, the scenes of lockdowns and vaccine mandates all flashed in my head.
  — Aaron Everitt, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
• At the time, Shanghai was in the midst of a two-month Covid lockdown.
  — Laura He, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
• Many of Smith’s peers emerged as fierce opponents of the lockdowns.
  — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
• The mall was not placed on lockdown or closed due to the incident, state police say.
  — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• Melbourne copped more lockdowns than any other city in the nation.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
• After lockdown, the world opened up for the lucky laptop workers.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024