Sentence examples for under a lockdown from inspiring English sources

Colonel Qaddafi's militias, plainclothes police and other paramilitary forces have kept the deserted streets of Tripoli under a lockdown.

John Dewey High School in Brooklyn was under a lockdown for several hours today after a substitute teacher saw a student holding a handgun in a classroom.

During the mass shooting at a South Florida high school on Wednesday, many frightened students feared the worst as they waited under a lockdown.

"The elementary school is also under a lockdown which will not be lifted until we hear that it is safe," the school posted on Facebook.

The planes for the school that I rented from, Beverly Flight Center, had been moved to Lawrence, as Beverly's airport was within Boston's Class C airspace, which was still under a lockdown due to the tragic events of Sept. 11.

Terror Alerts BRUSSELS WAS UNDER A SECURITY LOCKDOWN FEARING AN ATTACK The city is on the highest level of alert.

"Manama is under a police lockdown," tweeted activist Ala'a Shehabi.

The city was described as being under a security lockdown before the event.

Andrä said the police operation had not put the city under a blanket lockdown, and that security measures had been concentrated and carried out "almost surgically".

Most of the capital was under a tight lockdown, with Syrian soldiers and tanks surrounding the mosques in an attempt to deter post-Friday Prayer demonstrations, and heavily guarded checkpoints ringing the city.

After languishing under a communications lockdown as protracted and geographically far-reaching as any in China in the digital age, some residents were thrilled with even so modest an opening.