Sentence examples for were patrolled from inspiring English sources
verb
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
But on our trip last month in Florida, the turf was perfect and the holes were patrolled by long-legged cranes as big as ostriches.
Even if certain facilities were patrolled around the clock, he said, and most are not, the rest of the system is still exposed.
Amid anxiety that the Taliban would attempt an attack, the skies were patrolled by British and US fast jets, armed drones and attack helicopters.
The Meredith Victory headed for the South Korean port Pusan, 28 hours away, traveling through heavily mined waters that were patrolled by enemy submarines.
IT IS a mark of how Northern Ireland is changing, as well as how odd it remains by comparison with the rest of Britain, that this year's Orange marches were patrolled solely by the police, without help from the army.
We were patrolling alone.
"We were patrolling without any direction.
The pair were patrolling in Babaji District, Helmand Province when they died.
He said: "All were patrolling different parts of the building.
Soldiers, Mr. Bellone said, were patrolling to prevent more attacks.
The militants were patrolling the bazaar in Daggar, residents said.
