barricade
noun
a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
was barricading
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past progressiveof barricade.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Protesters and worried family began arriving soon afterward, and by 2:30 p.m., a line of about 30 agents, including National Guard members, was barricading nearby Laguna Road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
It was against him she was barricading herself.
From Black Oxen by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Plain Hannah, stretched flat along the ground, was barricading the movements of a tiny beetle, and chuckling over its persistent efforts to outwit her schemes.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
How did you ever happen to think to go crazy?” asked Rose, as she looked over her shoulder from the door which she was barricading.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
