Example sentences for: curfew

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

  • And so I found myself advocating temporary restrictions on the ability of investors to pull money out of crisis economies--a curfew, if you like, on capital flight--as part of a recovery strategy.

  • On your way to Brockton Point, listen for the 9 o’clock gun, a cannon that fires at 9pm, originally to warn fishermen of the fishing curfew.

  • 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.

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

  • Typically, justices defer to the judgment of the executive branch during the event--that is, they would be unlikely to grant an injunction preventing the city from enforcing its curfew while the WTO is in town.


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