Sentence examples for a wide cordon from inspiring English sources

American forces in Iraq threw a wide cordon of troops and armor around Najaf's heart in the eighth day of clashes, but the plumes of smoke and movement of tanks seemed to represent a newly scaled-down objective -- isolating, rather than vanquishing, the militia loyal to a rebel Shiite cleric.

Faced with a populist Shiite cleric who has bunkered a heavily-armed militia force in the sect's holiest shrine, American commanders in this city of 500,000 resorted reluctantly on Thursday to a scaled-down objective, throwing a wide cordon of troops and armor around the city's heart and announcing that they planned to "further isolate" the militiamen.

She realized that police already had ample time to cordon off a wide area by the time she could get there, about 11 45 a.m., so she brought a long, 400-millimeter lens and a "doubler," which extended its range.

Police cordoned off a wide area and trams were suspended.

The navy deployed fast-attack vessels (pictured), cordoning off a wide swath of water and forcing Swedish pleasure boaters seeking the last good autumn weather to leave.

Police have cordoned off a wide area around her home, which overlooks a marina, to enable detectives to search for evidence.

Elsewhere here at Iraq's largest and most prominent university, a red ribbon cordons off a wide patch of ground where mines were very likely planted by Republican Guard soldiers when they used the university as a staging area last spring.

On 8 March the Australians conducted a wide encircling movement to tighten the cordon, while a sustained bombardment by US B-52 heavy bombers and artillery targeted the hill the next day.

The force of the blast destroyed several houses and a wide area of the city has been cordoned off.

But Le Cordon Bleu, or L.C.B. as its students call it, also offers a wide variety of nonprofessional classes that last from a few hours to a day or a week.

With few vehicles or other large objects to deflect the bomb, the explosion cast shrapnel across a wide radius and into a crowded area that people believed had been made safe by the cordon.