were blockading
- past progressive of blockade.
Example Sentences
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ICE reported a half-dozen arrests outside the facility after masked agents used force against protestors who they said were blockading the entrances to the facility.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
At the time, several Arab countries, including the Emirates, were blockading Qatar.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
In Washington that day the French Embassy passed out the word that British cruisers were blockading Martinique's one big harbor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Meir protested that Egyptian destroyers were blockading Bab el Mandeb, where the Red Sea meets the Indian Ocean, thereby preventing tankers from sailing on to Eilat to unload vital oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
While there, three powerful British frigates approached, which, through a series of singular coincidences, were blockading Boston at the time the Constitution made her escape some months before.
From Dewey and Other Naval Commanders by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
