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• I'm not about to let the lockdown stop me from going to the beach every day.From the entry about to
• Every injection, lockdown, and emergency authorization was somehow part of a divine plan.2025 April 20, Penguin X-01, “CHAPTER SCROLL 2: ORANGE MESSIAH SYNDROME”, in MAGAtards: The False Idol Patriot, PenguinsMerch. From the entry 5D chess
• Ireland’s capital is no longer in lockdown but the grisly sport continues.2023 September 20, Rory Carroll, “‘It’s almost every day’: foreign delivery riders face gang attacks in Dublin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry grisly
• At the start of lockdown last year, we had to rehome a baby dove.2021 February 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 924, page 70. From the entry rehome
• London was deep in the first lockdown and the stations were all but empty.2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 63. From the entry hang over
• Even in lockdown, even in Covidtide, our house has continued to brim over with life.2021, Brad East, The Doctrine of Scripture, Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, →ISBN, page xvi. From the entry COVIDtide
• The Mahatma Phule auditorium also has been misused during the lockdown.2021 November 22, “PMC auditoriums in a state of total neglect”, in Hindustan Times, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2021. From the entry alchohol
• After I got here, in the first lockdown, my mum suddenly passed.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 54. From the entry serendipity
• Politicians insist that lockdown under coronavirus is like the experience of wartime.2020 April 19, Neal Ascherson, “After the crisis, a new world won’t emerge as if by magic. We will have to fight for it”, in The Guardian…. From the entry Luftwaffe
• Plus, students are cash hungry, as lockdown restrictions have squeezed any income from part-time jobs.2020 December 8, Claer Barrett, “Could your child be recruited as a money mule?”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec…. From the entry purposefully
• As for the DIY coiffure, Google “lockdown haircuts” to see how they’re going.2020 April 24, Jonathan Margolis, “The online solutions to lockdown grooming problems”, in Financial Times. From the entry hairmageddon
• I asked my girlfriends if they’ve had trouble feeling like themselves during lockdown.2020 October 19, Kate Mildenhall, “For women in lockdown with kids, it's impossible to be seen as anything other than a mother”, in The…. From the entry mumness
• A global anthropopause period was imposed through the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.2020 November 19, Christos S Zerefos, Stavros Solomos, John Kapsomenakis, Anastasia Poupkou, Lida Dimitriadou, Iliana D Polychroni, Pavlos…. From the entry anthropopause
• Lockdown remind you that what make you brothers is not blood but sufferation.2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 332. From the entry sufferation
• I felt much more at home out of Westminster, but lockdown meant I was confined almost exclusively to reporting in SW1A.2026 June 2, Daniel Hewitt, Left to Rot: How Governments Have Betrayed Us and How We Fix It, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry SW1A
• Demand for electric cargo bike couriers has boomed since first lockdown, bringing the hope of cleaner, quieter, safer streets.2022, Amelia Hill, “Cargo without carbon: the rise and rise of e-bike deliveries”, in The Guardian. From the entry cargo bike
• Lockdown and the old coronacoaster, like my experience of mothering Cali, has felt wonderful and very difficult at the same time.2022 November 16, Jay, Soft UK, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024. From the entry coronacoaster
• During the lockdown, many people got caught out when they rose from their computer only to be discovered “Donald Ducking” it.2021, Nancy Bishop, Auditioning for Film and Television: A Post #MeToo Guide. From the entry Donald Ducking it
• As Covid-19 lockdowns took effect around the world, millions turned to remote working and organising virtual hangouts with friends.2020 July 25, Chris Baraniuk, “No end to Covid-19 webcam shortage”, in BBC News. From the entry webcam
• But as the pandemic accelerated, EMR acted presciently and made changes before the Government put the country into lockdown.2020 September 9, Tom Ingall, “EMR adhering to franchise commitmenta”, in Rail, page 62. From the entry presciently
• RESIDENT of the Baguio General Hospital (BGH) Compound were advised to stay at home until lockdown is lifted.2020 August 28, Junathan Llanes, “BGH Compound under strict lockdown”, in SunStar. From the entry BGH Compound
• Maybe it happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when no one could work and soldiers frog-marched curfew-breakers through the township streets like criminals.2024 May 29, Ryan Lenora Brown, “South Africans head to polls. After 30 years, has Mandela’s party lost its luster?”, in The Christian…. From the entry frogmarch
• In conclusion, as we predicted, the anthropopause associated with the COVID-19 lockdown apparently had an effect on the feeding ecology of this urban-dwelling predator.2023, Marc Vez-Garzón, Joan Giménez, Antoni Sánchez-Márquez, Tomás Montalvo, Joan Navarro, “Changes in the feeding ecology of an…. From the entry anthropopause
• But sad, withdrawn, angry kids who would rather roll over than face another day in lockdown represent a whole new medical crisis in the making.2021 January 29, Gaby Hinsliff, “Behind closed bedroom doors, a teenage mental health crisis is brewing”, in The Guardian. From the entry in the making
• At the start of lockdown, some puckishly predicted that all those couples locked away together would set off a pandemic baby boom.2021 April 13, Tom Whyman, “Why, Despite Everything, You Should Have Kids (if You Want Them)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry puckishly
• Before leading the coronavirus lockdown that worked and becoming New Zealand’s unifier-in-chief after the deadly shootings last year at two mosques in Christchurch, Ms.2020 October 1, Damien Cave, “Jacinda Ardern Admits Past Cannabis Use. New Zealanders Shrug: ‘Us, Too.’”, in The New York Times. From the entry toker
• It is possible that these measures could have started to flatten the curve of deaths before the effects of the wider lockdown were visible.2020 April 6, Robert Cuffe, Christine Jeavans, “Coronavirus: When will we know if the UK lockdown is working?”, in BBC News. From the entry flatten the curve
• But if you're a Type 1 and your spouse Type 2, it could be a reason this lockdown will end with covidivorces.2020 April 11, Josh Freed, “Josh Freed: Five things we're confused about protecting ourselves from COVID-19”, in Montreal Gazette…. From the entry covidivorce
• But what if there have been several stabbings with shanks made out of sharpened toothbrushes and the warden is threatening a lockdown?2016, Charles Wheelan, Naked Money: A Revealing Look at Our Financial System. From the entry mack
• Britain has weeks to escape new powers allowing the World Health Organisation to recommend imposing lockdowns in future pandemics, a group of MPs and peers has warned.2025 April 20, Tony Diver, “UK in race to opt out of WHO lockdown powers”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph…. From the entry World Health Organisation
• As Toronto slowly comes back to life after two years of repeated lockdowns and closures, the wreckage of the pandemic is surfacing like cigarette butts in melted snow drifts.2022 April 18, Catherine Porter, “A ‘Wild West’ of Marijuana Shops Grows in Toronto”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on…. From the entry Toronto
• Oh, I went to town in the last lockdown, spent a lot of money on the paints, the brushes, the figurines for a game called Hero Quest.2022 May 29, Tom Lamont, quoting Jim Howick, “‘We were always trying to push boundaries’: Jim Howick on breaking taboos, coping with life…. From the entry go to town
• Now Yining is under its own grueling, weekslong pandemic lockdown, with residents calling for help over limited food, difficulty getting medicines and drastic shortages of sanitary pads for women.2022 September 11, Chris Buckley, “Just Bread and Noodles: China’s Covid Lockdown Distress Hits Xinjiang”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry weekslong
• Lockdowns for the city's residents east of the Huangpu river began on March 28, while lockdowns for the rest of the city started on April 1.2022 April 7, Brenda Goh, David Kirton, “Shanghai vows to improve food deliveries as discontent grows over COVID curbs”, in Gerry Doyle…. From the entry Huangpu
• Wugang in Henan Province announced a citywide lockdown starting July 11, making it the latest Chinese city to enact strict mobility curbs amid the country’s ongoing Covid flareup.2022 July 12, “China Locks Down a Steel Hub For Three Days on One Covid Case”, in Bloomberg News, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022. From the entry Wugang
• The sprawling district of Minhang in central Shanghai has implemented new lockdown measures to detect and control COVID-19 transmission risks, the district government said on Thursday.2022 June 8, “Shanghai's Minhang district announces new lockdown”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2022, China. From the entry Minhang
• Despite all the knockbacks from COVID, as an industry we are ready for the turnaround and more than ready to welcome back passengers returning from lockdown.2021 September 22, Clive Nicholls, “National Rail Awards 2021”, in RAIL, number 940, page 35. From the entry knockback

Meaning of lockdown

1. noun The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
2. noun A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

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Questions about lockdown in a sentence

How do you use lockdown in a sentence?

Lockdown is used as a noun. For example: “I'm not about to let the lockdown stop me from going to the beach every day.”

What is a short sentence with lockdown?

“The Mahatma Phule auditorium also has been misused during the lockdown.”

What does lockdown mean?

Lockdown means the confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.