Sentence examples for he was blockaded from inspiring English sources

Gelimer fled to a remote mountain fortress, where he was blockaded until he surrendered in the spring.

In late August Apokaukos attempted a coup and tried to kidnap John V. Having failed, he fled to his fortified house at Epibatai, where he was blockaded by troops.

In 2004, when the group sailed to Portugal, the vessel was blockaded by two warships.

The McDonald's restaurant, which Mr. Bove is charged with ransacking last year, was blockaded by two dozen police vehicles.

Protests by miners in Bolivia demanding changes to laws turned violent this week after a highway was blockaded.

"Today in Toronto another work site was blockaded and that's ongoing right now".

When Kosovars went to Parliament on July 2 , 1990 the building was blockaded by police.

"People are leaving before they are blockaded".

In August, he said, his platoon was blockading a road and caught a truck trying to sneak through.

But the troops kept on going, and within a week they were blockading Beirut the way they recently blockaded Ramallah.

On August 19 , 1991 the day before Mr. Gorbachev was to sign the "New Union Treaty" to convert the Soviet Union into a federation of independent republics, he and his closest advisers were blockaded by an armada of ships and troops at his vacation home in the Crimea.