How to use cordon in a sentence

More sentences with cordon

• A portion of the office was cordoned off during the outsiders' tour.From the entry cordon off
• The police cordoned off the street while they investigated the accident.From the entry cordon off
• A man walks past the cordoned off entrance to a quarantine hotel in Taipei’s Tatung District yesterday.2022 September 28, Shelley Shan, “Tourism Bureau mulls subsidies for hotels”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2022. From the entry Tatung
• But the blue-capped cordon bleu, a small finch found in Africa, really knows how to win over a mate.2015 November 19, Ian Sample, “The birdie dance: fancy footwork of courting birds revealed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry cordon bleu
• “I don't want to be a ‘cordon bleu,’” she sobbed.1922, Marie Belloc Lowndes, What Timmy Did, George H. Doran Company. From the entry cordon bleu
• Cordons might be protected by hoops covered with tiffany, Russian canvas, mats, or netting; bushes by nets, mats, etc.1903, E. Bartrum, The Book of Pears and Plums, London: John Lane, page 34. From the entry tiffany
• Part of No. 10 platform at Kings Cross was cordoned off on August 23 after a container of radio-active material had fallen from a trolley.1956 October, “Notes and News: Radioactivity at Kings Cross”, in Railway Magazine, page 711. From the entry fall out
• They had been visiting relatives during the Lunar New Year holiday last month when the authorities locked down Xiangyang as part of a security cordon to contain the epidemic.2020 February 6, Isabella Kwai, “What It’s Like to Be Quarantined on an Australian Island”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry Xiangyang
• Armitage and Gaines between them could only guess and speculate until the shift foreman from the paintworks breached the police cordon surrounding the blaze and confronted Finlay direct.2012, Francis Cottam, The Fire Fighter. From the entry paintworks
• As armoured personnel carriers rumbled on to Bangkok's deserted streets, thousands of troops fanned out in a cordon across the city, surrounding the redshirts' fortified protest camp.2010 May 19, Ben Doherty, “Thai soldiers arrest protest leaders in bloody 'final crackdown'”, in The Guardian. From the entry redshirt
• Naturally, the smart move would be to serve up a cordon bleu foodgasm but (a) you haven't got the ability and (b) you can't be arsed.2006, Elisabeth Wilson, Goddess: be the woman you want to be, page 350. From the entry foodgasm
• The alternative for such a policy was the isolation of Russia and the construction of a cordon sanitaire, in order to contain Bolshevism in the present area.1992, Peter Van Ham, Western Doctrines on East-West Trade: Theory, History and Policy, Springer, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry cordon sanitaire

Meaning of cordon

1. noun A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
2. noun A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
3. noun The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully.

Full definition of cordon

More about cordon

• Meaning of cordon
• Plural of cordon
• Cordon in Tamil
• Cordon in Bengali
• Cordon in Telugu
• Cordon in Malayalam

Questions about cordon in a sentence

How do you use cordon in a sentence?

Cordon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “A portion of the office was cordoned off during the outsiders' tour.”

What is a short sentence with cordon?

““I don't want to be a ‘cordon bleu,’” she sobbed.”

What does cordon mean?

Cordon means a ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.