Sentence examples for down for weeks from inspiring English sources

They were shut down for weeks for inspection, yet no significant damage was found.

The U.S. government has been partially shut down for weeks, with no end in sight.

Gardner simply kept his head down for weeks, avoiding a public position until Thursday.

Tracks and kennels have been forced to shut down for weeks for disinfection.

Some campuses shut down for weeks; Cape Town's University of the Western Cape is still closed.

The aircraft that are out for service have been down for weeks "but not months," he said.

Abidjan had been on lock-down for weeks and rotting corpses littered the streets.

The Mall, Horse Guards and St James's Park have been in lock-down for weeks.

Voters say they remember his role as prime minister in the mid-1990s when student protesters shut down schools for weeks.

The inquest is set down for two weeks.

Our site crashed on Cyber Monday of 2011 and stayed down for two weeks.