Sentence examples for close off roads from inspiring English sources

Millions of starlings binging on olives have forced authorities in Rome to close off roads caked in droppings.

I'd close off roads along the route, and make one long table so people could go out into the streets and share dinner: a cross between the royal wedding and the Blitz blackouts, with a flavour of the Notting Hill carnival.

Seeking to win over Chinese disenchanted by a political elite that seems aloof, Mr. Xi has demanded an end to banquets paid for by the government, and he has told officials to stop having the police close off roads when the officials travel.

Firefighters closed off roads, sealed buildings and donned special breathing masks to ferret out the source of the acrid smell, The Times of London reported.

During Mr. Schumer's event in Flatbush, the police closed off roads throughout the area for more than an hour late in the afternoon, clogging traffic just as many Orthodox Jews in the neighborhood were rushing home for the Sabbath.

But after the first attacks struck Wednesday morning, security forces closed off roads, lending a sense of siege to the capital that will continue over the next several days leading up to the culmination of the Shiite religious festival on Saturday.

Even as authorities closed off roads to Ayodhya, fearing riots there, Omkar Bhave, a council official, said at a news conference here that those who want to help build the temple, whose construction is planned for March 15, should all head for Ayodhya.

Police closed off roads near the parliament building and warned of traffic congestion in Jerusalem, but within 20 minutes of the ceremony's start the flow of mourners had slowed to a steady trickle and for much of the time media and Knesset officials outnumbered the public.

After making the 25-minute walk from the school, accompanied by police who had closed off roads, protesters massed in front of the locked entrance to the pool, which is reached through a building with an aesthetic of country-club-meets-alpine-chalet.

The police immediately closed off roads leading to the area, located between Vauxhall and Lambeth bridges over the Thames.

The tightly knit community has the reputation for playing by its own rules — closing off roads for a street hockey game or a block party, and especially at Halloween.