barricaded

Example Sentences

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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

Im did not clarify how — or with what — the suspect barricaded himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Uncollected garbage barricaded the drainage ditches that encased their neighborhood.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Four frightened people were barricaded in until morning.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie