Sentence examples for was blockaded by from inspiring English sources

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.

In 1603 and 1639 the city was blockaded by Dutch fleets, though never captured, and in 1635 it was ravaged by an epidemic.

The canal was closed for several months during the 1956 Suez crisis, and it was blockaded by the military for eight years after the 1967 war with Israel.

ATHENS — The man at the center of Greece's debt crisis is surviving on four to five hours of sleep a night and could not get to his office last week because it was blockaded by striking employees.

The city was blockaded by Union land and sea forces from July 10 , 1863 to February 18 , 1865 the siege ending only when General William Tecumseh Sherman's advance forced the city's evacuation.

This morning, Silwan is blockaded by the police, and it's on alert.

All the other crossings are controlled by Israel, and Gaza's port is blockaded by the Israeli Navy.

Two short fourth-down attempts early in the fourth quarter were blockaded by the Eagles, siphoning any lingering suspense.

Now, after effectively being blockaded by the coalition for more than two and a half years, it faces famine.

Much of the border region has been blockaded by forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi.