CURFEW in a Sentence
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Example sentences for CURFEW, such as:
1. The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.
2. Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
2. Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
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Meanings and Examples of CURFEW
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curfew
n. a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions
n. an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
Classic Sentence:
1 Oswald the cupbearer modestly suggested, "that it was scarce an hour since the tolling of the curfew;" an ill-chosen apology, since it turned upon a topic so harsh to Saxon ears.
2 Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
3 Moreover to light a fire is the instinctive and resistant act of man when, at the winter ingress, the curfew is sounded throughout Nature.
Example Sentence:
1 The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.
2 The government imposed a night-time curfew throughout the country.
3 The new eleven hour curfew has been brought in by an administration seemingly desperate to stop what has now become a wave of demonstrations against King Gyanendra, his son Crown Prince Paras and increasingly, in favor of a republic.
4 But last week, Israel warned that anyone involved in terrorism would not be allowed to travel to the meeting in Ramallah, a town that is still under Israeli occupation and regular curfews.