was blockading
- past progressive of blockade.
Example Sentences
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A British force of baby carriers and warships was blockading Crete.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fleet of the Netherlanders, some fifty sail, was blockading most of the places along the coast where he had prepared his flat-bottomed boats.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard
Long before England was blockading her coasts she had blockaded herself, morally, by isolating herself from all ideals capable of revivifying her.
From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various
Soon he ordered the Russian fleet, which in coöperation with the squadrons of the allies was blockading Malta, to withdraw from the conflict.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Though, of course, at that moment he was out of reach, being in the army that was blockading us.
From Stray Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
