Example Sentences

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For months, U.S. travelers have been able to fly overseas from SEA, but on Monday , the U.S. will lift the 18-month restrictions that have walled off international travelers from entering the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2021

To avoid any possible line of sight of the Capitol balcony, where the ceremony takes place, barricades have walled off the Mall and adjoining streets.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2021

After a year in which many facilities have walled off to the world, crippling some residents in isolation, and leading to medical declines and deaths in others, some need no convincing.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2020

But that method can fail if patients can't describe the memory because they have walled it off.

From Nature • Apr. 27, 2017

We have walled up every possible fissure, crevice, and exit.

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór