Your English writing platform
Discover Ludwig"curfew" is a correct and commonly used word in written English
It refers to a specific time at which people are required to be off the streets and in their homes, typically imposed by a government or authority for safety reasons. Example: "Due to the recent protests, the city imposed a strict curfew of 8 PM, requiring all citizens to be off the streets and in their homes until morning."
Dictionary
Curfew
noun
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
Exact(60)
The arrests happened less than 10 minutes after the start of the curfew.
People dispersed in the lead-up to the 10pm curfew, instituted on Tuesday by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
At the beginning, when the curfew was clamped down at 6pm, there was a nightly rush for transport, public and private, as people scrambled to get indoors promptly.
The 10pm curfew remained in effect for Saturday night.
Of course, living with your parents still means you have to abide by their rules; the free food, free roof and free broadband come at a price – often in the form of a curfew.
She said a city-wide curfew for all residents between 10pm and 5am would be imposed for a week beginning on Tuesday night.
Related: Baltimore riots: schools to reopen and Orioles to play to empty stadium - live At least 10 people were arrested after curfew, according to police commissioner Anthony Batts.
However, another mass confrontation was averted on Tuesday only thanks to members of the notorious Bloods and Crips gangs, who teamed with community activists to push hundreds more protesters, who had demonstrated late into the evening, back to their homes as the curfew loomed.
Police in riot gear drove people from the streets of Baltimore with teargas and smoke grenades on Tuesday night, after hundreds of protesters defied a 10pm curfew to continue demonstrating over the death of Freddie Gray.
One marcher, AC Castro, told the Guardian on Saturday two of his fellow members of the Industrial Workers of the World, which joined its May Day demonstration with the protests around the country, had been arrested for breaking the curfew.
Concern has spread over how the Baltimore curfew has been applied.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com