How to Use lockdown in a Sentence

lockdown

noun
  • In March 2020, Covid hits and the world is in lockdown.
    — Blair R. Fischer, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2022
  • Lots of cooks and creatives left the city, at least in the thick of lockdowns.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 May 2024
  • At the time, Shanghai was in the midst of a two-month Covid lockdown.
    — Laura He, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
  • East High School was placed on lockdown in the wake of the shooting.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Like the schools in Uvalde, most schools in the United States hold lockdown drills.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 May 2022
  • No shots were fired and the school did not enter a lockdown.
    — Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Who among us has not seen that star to the left of the lockdown moon, shining as the ship sets sail?
    — Jim Moore, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Was that as much the case this time as during lockdown?
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The pandemic lockdown kept Starr off the road for two years.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Things felt eerily similar to the first few days of the Covid lockdown.
    — Mira Ptacin, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The threat turned out to be benign, but the panic of lockdown was real.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
  • Most of the songs were done before lockdown, and this record has been done, mixed and mastered, for over a year.
    — Anthony Bartkiewicz, SPIN, 13 May 2022
  • The school went on lockdown and the campus was cleared by police to ensure the male was not on the campus.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The data shows the effect of the Covid lockdowns and weak recovery last year.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
  • On Covid lockdown policies that kept children out of school, the time to pay the piper has arrived.
    — Pradheep J. Shanker, National Review, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The back of the heel is cradled instead by a snug heel collar, which is good for heel lockdown.
    — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The entire country went into lockdown on March 9, the first to do so.
    — Christine Rousselle, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But the closed loop system suffered from the rest of the city being in complete lockdown.
    — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 26 July 2022
  • If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Jail staff placed the alleged inmate, a 35-year-old, on lockdown.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Still, with lockdown closer Evan Phillips emerging from the bullpen, the lead appeared to be safe.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
  • At that time, the Puxi area on the opposite side of the river will go under lockdown.
    — Ken Moritsugu, ajc, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The lockdown was lifted around 2:30 p.m., and the school planned to dismiss students as normal.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Tens of millions of people across the country are under lockdown to contain the spread of the virus.
    — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2022
  • And the end of lockdown does not signify the end of their mental-health struggles.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The school was put on lockdown even though students had the day off and the suspect was taken to the hospital.
    — cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
  • An eight-hour lockdown on campus was lifted Friday.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
  • In response to the shooting and search for the suspect, the hospital, a day care center and nearby schools went into lockdown mode.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Quist said her 17-year-old son, Darian, was on lockdown in the school for more than two hours.
    — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Tell me your observations of Coach in the lockdown, pregame portion of the game.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026

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