Example sentences for: curfew

How can you use “curfew” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • When the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., the largest "retail and entertainment complex" in the country, announced a curfew and chaperone policy for adolescents in September, teen-agers seemed well on their way to becoming national pariahs.

  • In discussing the situation in the streets, where a dusk-to-dawn curfew stayed in effect last night, all the papers report that the police now believe their initial handling of the situation was too permissive.

  • Everybody leads with yesterday's Seattle street clashes between protesters and police that delayed the opening of the WTO summit and resulted in an all-night curfew and the calling out of some unarmed National Guard units to keep the peace for President Clinton's arrival early Wednesday morning.

  • In Seattle, the curfew banned from downtown everyone who said they intended to protest or who lacked another reason for entering.

  • On Wednesday, Seattle Mayor Paul Schell imposed an overnight curfew on the city's downtown area for the second night in a row.


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