How to Use clampdown in a Sentence

clampdown

1 of 2 noun
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  • Singapore was initially praised for its clampdown on the virus.
    — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 15 June 2020
  • Peak summer tourism season events in Kashmir were canceled due to the security clampdown.
    — Majid Maqbool, CNN, 12 June 2020
  • The clampdown followed a weekend of demonstrations outside the White House.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2020
  • This allowed some celebrations before the coronavirus clampdown, but climate change is a worry.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The state can always cite national security and prevailing peace in the region to continue its clampdown.
    — Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
  • Even students have been arrested and charged with secession for social media posts deemed critical of Beijing's clampdown.
    — Fox News, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The clampdown has included the arrests of activists, intellectuals and clerics.
    — Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
  • But the clampdown was years in the making, and many signals were missed.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2021
  • Protests in Kashmir were met with a months-long clampdown.
    — Jonah Blank, The Atlantic, 10 June 2021
  • But a too-tough clampdown could also alienate users and drive them away.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
  • These are a far cry from the go-go days before the pandemic and Beijing’s 2021 clampdown on Big Tech.
    — Ye Xie, Fortune, 16 May 2023
  • But data show that despite the clampdown, the H-1B’s charm holds steadfast.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 1 Nov. 2020
  • The resurgence and the resulting clampdown sent a shudder through Wall Street.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2020
  • As a result of the clampdown, most of Hong Kong’s outspoken activists are now in jail or in self-exile abroad.
    — Zen Soo, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2021
  • But now this pool of foreign teachers is feeling the pain of China’s tech clampdown.
    — Jane Li, Quartz, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Both Maxwell and Kim said that trend is unlikely to stop, even in the midst of North Korea's heightened clampdown.
    — NBC News, 6 July 2021
  • Amid a clampdown on Russian money in Britain, Mr. Johnson may have to look closer to home.
    — Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The threat of a new DOJ clampdown is hardly the only menace Boeing is facing.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Drones have been banned from flying over a large part of central London and Windsor, as part of a clampdown on air traffic in the areas.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This reaction led to a complete clampdown on the media, with red lines drawn on how and where to report on the pandemic.
    — Jianli Yang, National Review, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The clampdown begins The unrest in Manipur began on April 27.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The city’s clampdown on Airbnbs and other short-term rentals seems to be part of what’s sending interest in hotels soaring.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Only patients who were in their third trimesters when the clampdown occurred could still have their babies at Oasis.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The clampdown over the past year has shaken many businesses to their core, and may also be acting as a drag on economic growth.
    — Laura He, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Mohseni said a wholesale clampdown on the news media would also prove difficult in the era of TikTok and Twitter.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • And, as usual, some of McCarthy’s fiercest opponents are now the loudest critics of the clampdown on devices.
    — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • If this clampdown escalates then bitcoin will stay aloft and so too will the other cryptos.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Call it a prelude to the Mavericks’ third-quarter clampdown.
    — Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The Conservatives also plan to launch a non-dom clampdown, which opponents say is a mistake.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 18 June 2024
  • The incoming government will have to stick to the agreement reached by the four parties, which aims for a clampdown on immigration and exceptions on EU asylum and environmental rules.
    — Reuters, CNN, 2 July 2024
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clamp down

2 of 2 verb
  • The video begins with the gator clamped down on the torso of the snake.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • And on the back end, Sauce Gardner is a star and the rest of the secondary can clamp down.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The Hawks hit a pair of 3-pointers to start the game to make it 6-0, but the Pacers clamped down from there.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
  • There's plush padding on the earcups and headband, and the whole build doesn't clamp down too hard on the ears.
    — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Half of the dead gator is seen hanging out of the giant gator’s mouth as his jaws clamp down.
    — Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The clamp down on the carpal bone hitting the cheek first has got to be zero tolerance.
    — Mark Anderson, ajc, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Alabama clamped down on both the Blue Raiders’ ground and passing game.
    — Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The Bulldogs are looking to clamp down the 1-seed heading into the four-team Playoff.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • When rates soared, businesses sought to clamp down on vendors but didn’t know where to start, Kong said.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And over the years, courts and some states have clamped down on various aspects of those processes.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • The clamp down defense was aggressive, fierce and hard-hitting.
    — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022
  • But clamping down on the evasion is difficult in the opaque world of merchant shipping.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The government can, in a type of contagious crisis, clamp down.
    — Nisa Khan, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2020
  • Florida’s defense clamped down after that, allowing just one shot on goal the rest of the way.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
  • The Lakers got a massive three-pointer from Reddish in the fourth to start a 13-0 run that closed the door and ensured the win, the Lakers defense again clamping down.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Netflix’s previous ambivalence to this has changed, and the clamp down is set to begin.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
  • And while he wasn’t outed, the Depression and the war saw a clamping down on anything non-normative.
    — Dan Avery, NBC News, 7 June 2023
  • Rome, home to some of the world’s most popular tourist sites, has been in a battle to clamp down on obnoxious visitors.
    — Andrew Jeong, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2023
  • Brembo calipers—four-piston in front and two-piston in rear—clamp down on these rotors, and the pads offer more surface area as well.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 29 June 2023
  • The crushing muscles of mastication clamp down to form the hallmark of the disease, lockjaw.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2015
  • Demonstrations have subsided over the past two nights as more police have been deployed to clamp down on the unrest.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 3 July 2023
  • This time, the Clippers learned their third-quarter lesson, their defense clamping down.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • At the same time, the security services may seek more control and clamp down on society.
    — Tatiana Stanovaya, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Michigan scores 28 seconds into the quarter but IU clamps down and the Wolverines go scoreless for 5 minutes.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And so there’s always a constant battle to get Twitter to clamp down on hate speech, very often violent hate speech and fake news.
    — Barbara Ortutay, ajc, 14 May 2022
  • The Rams gave up early touchdowns against the Seattle Seahawks and the Cardinals before clamping down.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • And, with the tight job market starting to slacken, some predict 2024 will be the year employers finally clamp down.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Iran’s parliament now clamping down, passing a law this week where women who violate it could face up to 10 years in prison.
    — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • States such as Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and many others have also passed laws clamping down on social media companies’ approach to teens.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 9 July 2024
  • In the latest, Bloomberg on Wednesday reported that the Biden administration is considering a wide-sweeping rule to clamp down on companies exporting their critical chipmaking equipment to China.
    — Weizhen Tan, CNBC, 18 July 2024

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