Sentence examples for were securing from inspiring English sources
verb
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters in a rural area near the Helmand River staged an audacious nighttime raid early Thursday, swooping down on several hundred sleeping Afghan private security guards who were securing a road construction project, and killing at least 21, according to guards who escaped.
Gardeners with staple guns were securing evergreens to the boards.
In this case, a company of airborne troopers were securing an area that had been established.
Among the commission's self-declared aims were securing peace, sustainable development, and universal democracy.
The EU mission later said on Twitter that no personnel had been wounded and its forces were securing the area.
The poll was taken last week, just as Senate Democrats were securing the votes necessary for passage.
This time journalists were secured behind barricades.
BOSTON — The victory was secured.
