Sentence examples for form a cordon around from inspiring English sources

They took up positions to form a cordon around the restaurant.

They will also form a cordon around the city, screening anyone who enters and checking for weapons.

While many in the crowd celebrated, thousands of Park's supporters reacted angrily to the verdict, striking police officers with flag poles and climbing on to buses that were being used to form a cordon around the court.

The indiscipline and chaos of the last two days have been replaced by the robust presence of former riot policemen who now form a cordon around the central area of the crash site.

Dump trucks formed a cordon around City Hall in Baltimore.

Around 150 police officers have already put up barricades and formed a cordon around the plaza.

The police formed a cordon around the march and followed in four blue and white buses.

Riot police had formed a cordon around the south end of the road.

Riot police officers formed a cordon around the mosque, but the protest ended after several hours without significant violence.

Iraqi police formed a cordon around his house, trapping his family inside and other relatives, trying to get home, outside of it.

Police formed a cordon around the demonstrators, who shouted "Nazi scum off our streets" and "shame" as people entered the 350-capacity hall in Western Australia.