CURFEW in a Sentence

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For CURFEW, below is one of 7 sentences:
Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.

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 Meanings and Examples of CURFEW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
curfew
 n.  an order requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night
Classic Sentence:
1  Oswald the cupbearer modestly suggested, "that it was scarce an hour since the tolling of the curfew;" an ill-chosen apology, since it turned upon a topic so harsh to Saxon ears.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Moreover to light a fire is the instinctive and resistant act of man when, at the winter ingress, the curfew is sounded throughout Nature.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
Example Sentence:
1  The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.
2  The government imposed a night-time curfew throughout the country.
3  The new eleven hour curfew has been brought in by an administration seemingly desperate to stop what has now become a wave of demonstrations against King Gyanendra, his son Crown Prince Paras and increasingly, in favor of a republic.
4  But last week, Israel warned that anyone involved in terrorism would not be allowed to travel to the meeting in Ramallah, a town that is still under Israeli occupation and regular curfews.