Sentence examples for compound when the from inspiring English sources

He was at the gate of his police compound when the attacker tried to come inside.

Hassan invited me to stay at the compound when the air strikes became imminent.

People who were in the walled Parliament compound when the shooting started later described scenes of chaos and fear.

Police chief Joseph Boinnet said there were 33 people in the compound when the attack took place.

Gary Tallman, told The A.P. that an antiaircraft gun was firing from inside the compound when the AC-130 attacked.

An annual festival was in progress as hundreds of worshipers thronged the shrine compound when the attackers detonated their explosives.

The sin of despair is compounded when the sufferer is a hedonist.

The unfairness is compounded when the best colleges admit so-called legacies -- students whose parents attended these same colleges.

U.S. Helicopter's troubles were compounded when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey stopped managing the downtown heliport on Oct. 31.

And that is indisputably true, and the theft is compounded when the return is so small in general.

The absence of remediation is compounded when the perpetrators of the crime purposely extinguish themselves in the commission of the crime".