Use cordon in a sentence
Short sentences using cordon
- The cordon was drawn tighter. [9]
More example sentences with the word cordon in them
- He had chosen very good men for his recruits; for, though they talked much among themselves, they drew a cordon of silence round their little society of revolution. [11]
- Behind it was the wilderness of scrub, in which a fugitive would soon starve; in front was the narrow neck, with a cordon of chained dogs across it, and a line of lanterns, and a fence of living guards, armed. [5]
- The vanguard of the mob, thrust on by increasing pressure from behind, tumbled backward the thin cordon of police, drew nearer and nearer the bayonets, while the soldiers grimly held their ground. [9]
- The materials were surprisingly rich, both in quality and in mass, and Marcus Clarke, Ralph Boldrewood, Cordon, Kendall, and the others, have built out of them a brilliant and vigorous literature, and one which must endure. [5]
- All day the people watched from afar, and all day long soldiers and hillsmen drew a wide cordon of quarantine round the house. [11]
- While the excited crowd tried to break through the cordon of mounted guards, Mattingley, by a twist and a jerk, freed his corded hands. [11]
- Shouldn't we put a cordon round to prevent the rest from running away? [2]
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