barricaded

Example Sentences

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Barricaded subject training instructs officers to contain the threat, attempt communication and call in tactical specialists.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Barricaded inside a stairwell, they waited while British troops tried to break down an intervening door.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2021

Barricaded upstairs, Kuruppu could only pray for protection - even as she prepared to die.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2015

Barricaded inside the strictly guarded campus, scruffy-looking students train to become everything from chefs to car mechanics.

From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2010

Barricaded in his studio, it was a brave man who attempted to force an entrance.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James