How to Use concertina wire in a Sentence

concertina wire

noun

• Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• Paul's view is of a small patch of grass, a tall fence and a rolling wave of razor-sharp concertina wire.
  — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2015
• For months, concertina wire has lined the banks of the Rio Grande in areas of the city and National Guard troops have watched the shores.
  — New York Times, 29 June 2022
• Spools of the concertina wire were stacked from floor to ceiling at one of the openings of the port near the Sentri vehicle lane.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• That's why the barriers, the fences and the concertina wire downtown are troubling.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
• Refuge can be found within the perimeter and beyond the concertina wire.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2021
• Plans call for about 150 more miles of concertina wire placed mainly in the gaps between ports of entry.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, The Seattle Times, 29 Jan. 2019
• There, the Texas National Guard has installed 58 miles of chain-link fence and 42 miles of concertina wire.
  — Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
• The concertina wire has been at the port since May 3 when a photo of the wire was posted to Facebook by someone waiting to drive through.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• About 12 hours later, with the sun gone from the sky and the stars becoming clear, the crowd at the gate surged, pushing the family closer to the concertina wire.
  — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021
• Wet from the canal, the trio sat on the ground surrounded by trash, empty water bottles and concertina wire.
  — cincinnati.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• In response, the staff built 10-foot concrete walls topped with concertina wire, and made sure the enclosures were guarded round-the-clock.
  — Steph Yin, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
• About a dozen migrants were camped on the opposite side of the border wall, but entry to the gates was blocked with thickets of concertina wire.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• Most of the military work at the border fence has been limited to laying miles of concertina wire along the base of the fence or along the top in some areas.
  — Vivian Salama, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2018
• For so many years, the city’s name has been shorthand for civil war, for lives limned by tear gas and concertina wire, for protests and bombings and gunfire.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
• Dozens of migrants, including young children, crawled into the U.S. through a small breach in the concertina wire.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
• There, a short stretch of concertina wire spiraled off into the tall grass, held together in places by bits of metal and cords.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• There’s concertina wire on the Mexican side that the Americans put up.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 28 May 2019
• Other troops have helped construct fences and lay concertina wire.
  — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
• Back then, crowds crushed against concertina wire on the Greece-Macedonia border.
  — Arwa Damon, CNN, 7 Mar. 2022
• And spools of concertina wire block the streets that branch off the highway, forcing residents to remain indoors.
  — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
• Because concertina wire, buoys and walls … will not stop people from crossing.
  — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
• On the American side, there is a wall of rusting shipping containers topped with concertina wire along the water.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• The conflict over the park came to a head after federal Border Patrol agents cut through the concertina wire; Texas troopers restrung it.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• The river is wide in that area, and Gov. Abbott's authorities have also laid concertina wire, so reams and reams of this razor wire right at the Northern Bank.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
• The school’s new building, tucked into a tight bend in a narrow alleyway, is protected by armed guards, high walls and concertina wire.
  — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
• Downtown El Paso seemed within grasp, its skyline visible past the border wall and the spools of concertina wire.
  — Nick Miroff and Toluse Olorunnipa, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023
• Several teenagers, wrapped in heavy jackets, blankets and rubber mats, were also put over the concertina wire.
  — Daniel Ochoa De Olza, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
• Women and children could be seen weaving through razor-sharp concertina wire to claim asylum.
  — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
• Its streets, once teeming with traffic, are dotted with spools of concertina wire, blocking movement.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024