How to Use wall off in a Sentence

wall off

verb
  • No one wants to wall off their urban waterfront.
    — James S. Russell, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In some ways, Goldsworthy’s rural life keeps him walled off from the world.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • It's also walled off its site from being scraped by external agents.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 27 May 2026
  • The city is walled off by a supernatural force.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Phoenix walled off the paint, and the Aces were too content to settle for midrange jumpers early.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Trump wishes for a United States economy walled off from the rest of the world.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
  • His quickness often gives him an upper hand to wall off lanes or square off rushers (zero sacks allowed).
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Seems likely the old spot will probably be walled off in the near to immediate future.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 10 June 2026
  • Instead of walling off the injury, their brains remain permissive to rebuilding.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Cobbley has fashioned a roof out of foam core and walled off the entrance with cardboard, leaving only a two-foot crawl space at the bottom.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Each agent’s deals are walled off from every other user in the system — including other agents at the same brokerage.
    — Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The Olympics are never walled off from the political and cultural debates.
    — Steven Sloan, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Why would Netflix wall off a science fiction movie podcast from the section that includes all the science fiction movies?
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Scientists around the world engineered viruses that could slide through the blood-brain barrier that walls off our most vital organ from the rest of the body.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 12 May 2026
  • If your backyard fencing needs to be partially replaced or completed to wall off the entire space, don't worry about matching wood tones.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
  • With the Cougars walling off the rim, Punch showcased a different aspect of his game as knocked down multiple mid-range jumpers from around the free-throw line.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Allegretti and John Bates walled off New York’s weakside pursuit.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • A little nook off to the side introduces an additional exposure and a nice spot for a dining table — and could be walled off to become a tiny third bedroom.
    — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 25 May 2026
  • Its major energy companies and banks remain effectively walled off from the Iran oil trade, which limits their risk of penalties.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Later, telecom companies were required to let competitors interconnect rather than wall off their networks.
    — Asad Ramzanali, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Last week, McHenry county residents walled off their homes in preparation for the Fox River to crest.
    — Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That sense of exclusivity carries over to the rest of the public areas, and the fireplace lounge, which is as popular with guests as with locals, feels contained but not walled off.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • Dethleffs had to be particularly creative with the toilet room, walling off a private space separate from the remainder of the open floor plan that fits in below the lowered roof.
    — New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But it’s also walled off from it — physically, by security gates, but also, to some, philosophically.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Michelle Boudreau Design walled off the pool area with a mix of solid and perforated metal fencing with a geometric pattern that looks sharp against the white walls of the home.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Satellite images show that clinic was walled off from the base around 2024, and opened in 2025 according to local media reports.
    — Tom Bowman, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
  • If automakers are allowed to wall off auto repairs to a corporate-only business, independent mechanics will get squeezed out of existence.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 11 June 2026
  • Water in it connected to the Colorado at the downstream end, but was walled off on the upstream end, except during floods, such as occasional environmental flows from the dam.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The fair slimmed down from about 170 exhibitors in past years to about 130 this year; part of the massive hall at Navy Pier was walled off, creating a smaller sales floor.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The next day, a real school—once part of a military compound but walled off from it since 2016, according to Human Rights Watch—was destroyed.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026

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