Sentence examples for we were in lockdown from inspiring English sources
We were in lockdown until further notice.
Then we heard that we were in lockdown until further notice.
On April 15th, when a group of Taliban guerrillas seized buildings in Kabul and started firing on embassies, the U.S. Embassy sent out an e-mail saying that the compound was "in lockdown".
Romano said the youth is "in lockdown" at York's mental health unit for 22-23 hours daily in order to keep her separated from others.
"I saw two girls running away screaming, and I heard an administrator come on saying we're in lockdown," said Brady Lawrence, 17, a senior who was in his English class, near the cafeteria, when the shooting began.
I went on Facebook and posted "We're in lockdown here in Boston ordered to stay inside while the bombing suspect is at large.
About 7.6percentt of the 65,000 inmates in the state prison system were in lockdown in April, according to the report.
Shoppers at the Rideau Centre, a mall in the downtown core, were in lockdown, while the RCMP were advising people to "stay away from windows and off roofs".
Two primary schools and creches close to the scene of the shooting were in lockdown until the children could be safely collected by parents.
And we would grill food from my freezer as it defrosted, try not to open the refrigerator door too much or use up resources too fast, since grocery stores, gas stations and drugstores were in lockdown.
