How to Use razor wire in a Sentence

razor wire

noun

• The back fence was topped with razor wire, and there were coils of it in some of the branches of the tree.
  — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
• The dog's hind legs were almost caught by the razor wire.
  — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
• Apart from the buoys, which are anchored to the riverbed, Texas has placed about 60 miles of razor wire along its bank of the Rio Grande.
  — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Then there are the tarps—blue and white waves of plastic tarps and razor wire that wash over the hillsides.
  — Bronwen Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2018
• Only, the curls of razor wire signaled this was no place of fairy tales.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• In the school building, a classroom overlooked the A Block yard, which was ringed in razor wire.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
• Some Afghans who were turned away from the airport tried to kill themselves with the razor wire used to keep the crowds at bay.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• Some of the sections are topped by razor wire, and the ocean off the park is treacherous for swimmers.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Oct. 2021
• The razor wire really did its job, but some of our folks didn’t do their job.
  — NBC News, 17 Feb. 2022
• While the innermost fence around the Capitol has not been removed, the razor wire on top of it has.
  — Andrew Solender, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2021
• But days went by, and the razor wire and fencing installed after the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol remains.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2021
• Bands of silver razor wire line the stalks of Carrizo cane.
  — Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Scores of migrants on Wednesday again pushed toward the razor wire that marks the frontier but did not break through.
  — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• The two sides have clashed over razor wire and buoys that Texas officials have assembled near or in the middle of the Rio Grande.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
• But set apart across the water is a building surrounded by high walls and coils of razor wire.
  — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• Some fences are topped with razor wire, similar to fencing that was used in the summer to surround the White House.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
• The north bank is lined with razor wire laid by the Texas National Guard, tangled with the torn clothing of migrants.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
• It was surrounded by tall fences topped with razor wire.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2019
• The five-year-old, $240 million facility is still a jail, but no razor wire is in sight.
  — Keri Blakinger, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
• In addition to the string of buoys, Texas has installed miles of razor wire along the banks of the Rio Grande to deter unauthorized crossings.
  — John C. Moritz, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• In one dramatic image, a Marine reached over the razor wire atop a barrier and plucked a baby by the arm from the crowd and pulled the child up over the wall.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2021
• It is surrounded by a chain-link fence with razor wire topping.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 21 Mar. 2020
• The only light comes from streetlights shimmering above the razor wire.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• Next week, the 5th Circuit Court in New Orleans will hear arguments in the dispute over razor wire.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• The two forces are less than 100 yards apart, separated by rubble and razor wire.
  — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
• The Army’s tent city, surrounded by razor wire, sprouted out of an empty field.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 7 July 2019
• The killer crab-walked his way up and out of a medium-security prison, pushing through razor wire.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• In one dramatic image, a U.S. Marine reached over the razor wire atop a barrier and plucked a baby by the arm from the crowd and pulled it up over the wall.
  — Bloomberg.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• In response, Abbott ordered the National Guard to build triple the amount of razor wire barriers.
  — Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 July 2024
• In October, the state installed razor wire on the border in Eagle Pass, and the feds responded by cutting it until a judge ordered them to stop.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024