barricaded

Example Sentences

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The suspect remained barricaded as of Thursday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

As before, the entrance was barricaded - this time with bed slats wedged against the stairs to the first-floor property.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Ahead of the Lyon rally, some residents living near the march's planned route had barricaded the ground floor windows of their apartments, fearing unrest.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Uncollected garbage barricaded the drainage ditches that encased their neighborhood.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

The structure wound down into the opposite chair, then onto the floor, emptying at the base of a three-level cat tower, otherwise barricaded from Fig’s access.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas