Sentence examples for having secured the area from inspiring English sources

Having secured the area around Fort Niagara, the British launched two military expeditions into the west.

The bomb-disposal squad had secured the area and the game was going ahead.

By that point, the authorities had secured the area around the school.

Police said they had secured the area and removed protesters from a 40ft-high scaffolding tower which had been erected at the main gate to the site.

But there was internecine griping, as some marines complained that Army units in the vanguard of the advance on Nasiriya were supposed to have secured the area around the city.

Riot police officers had secured the area and moved into the crowd after scuffling broke out among protesters and members of the far right, identified by the red and white flags they carried, who then dispersed.

West Palm Beach Utilities distribution crews have secured the area and will most likely need to do some exploratory excavation today". Hate to be pedantic, but the Mar-a-lago sinkhole isn't *technically* a metaphor, because metaphors aren't *that* obvious.

Police have secured the area where the woman was found and have called for witnesses to come forward.

Some went by boat to rescue young people who were swimming from the island, even before the police had secured the area or took care of survivors who succeeded in escaping from the island.

Top photo: Outside the Swedish Parliament, where armed police have secured the area following this afternoon's attack.

The state media also reported Saturday that the Syrian military had secured the area around the historic Khalid bin Walid mosque in Homs, Syria's third-largest city and long a focal point of the rebellion.