Sentence examples for a blockading from inspiring English sources
In 1813, during the second war with Great Britain, "Mother Bailey," as she was then known, appeared among the Groton soldiers aiding in the defense of New London against a blockading British fleet.
Alden, the South Carolina and a few support ships settled into a blockading position off Galveston.
When they finally reached open waters, they paddled out to a blockading Federal warship, where their strange appearance dismayed the crew.
On 17 May 1869 she joined a blockading squadron on the Jejuy and Araguaya Rivers.
Rowley's ships had some successes: one of the East Indiamen captured by Hamelin was retaken by a blockading frigate in December 1809, but he was largely powerless to prevent the large French ships leaving their fortified anchorages at will.
In January 1815, after having been blockaded in New York for a year by the Royal Navy, President attempted to run the blockade, and was chased by a blockading squadron.
Iran will send ships with food to a blockaded Qatar.
Indigenous Canadians Are Blockading a Mine to Protest Pollution.
It got failure, the denial of our rights, a blockade — Arafat was caught in a blockade.
The policy was called a quarantine and not a blockade.
