Sentence examples for the blockading from inspiring English sources
verb
To create a blockade against.
In the days of Napoleon the same wind which would have carried his transports across the Channel might have driven away the blockading fleet.
Nearby, a small detachment of soldiers from Fort Sumter sat vigilant in small boats, watching the blockading Union warships, rifles and oars ready to either fight or flee back to Morris Island.
Nevertheless, Werner sortied from Wilhelmshaven several times to trade shots with the blockading French fleet.
Three days later she was visited for the only time by Horatio Nelson, then a rear-admiral and in command of the inshore squadron of the blockading fleet.
Horthy's plan was to destroy the blockading fleet by luring Allied ships to the cruisers and lighter ships, which were protected from the heavier guns of the battleships, including the Erzherzog Karl-class.
The blockading itself mirrors recent events in Washington.
Mughalis blames the blockade.
But the blockade is not completely effective.
The blockade of Constantinople was lifted.
