How to Use barricade in a Sentence

barricade

1 of 2 verb

• The police barricaded the crime scene.
• The person who's able to barricade all the doors in the shortest amount of time becomes the new HOH.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2022
• James burst through the door, which the women were trying to barricade, armed with a gun.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 28 July 2022
• That’s when the group of students turned off their lights and moved something in front of the room’s door to barricade themselves.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023
• The adult male suspect shot at the deputies and barricaded himself in the home, MCSO said.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
• And across the street, the staff at the local mini mart on Sollers Point Road have sandbags at the ready to barricade the glass doors and close up shop.
  — Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2022
• The man was able to barricade himself inside a bedroom and call 911.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2022
• That short begins in the middle of a chase: A group of Black campers run into a cabin and barricade its doors from the white man hunting them.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
• The police returned fire, which then led the suspect to barricade himself.
  — Jacques Billeaud and Terry Tang, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2022
• Police said the attacker barricaded himself in a building said to be the home of the chairman of the city council.
  — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
• No other details have been released about what led the armed man to barricade himself inside the house.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 26 May 2021
• An armed man was barricaded alone inside his house on the 900 block of Thompson Boulevard.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 5 June 2023
• The man then barricaded himself in an elevator shaft, and a SWAT-type team moved in.
  — Nick Perry and Jenna Fryer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
• Reese said the suspects fled to a nearby building in the 900 block of U Street, NW, where the gunman barricaded himself with the female suspect.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
• The firefighters noticed that the home’s rear and front doors were barricaded with deadbolts and wooden planks.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• Don’t just lock doors, barricade them with desks, bookcases — anything big and heavy.
  — Marissa Vonesh, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• The suspect then barricaded himself inside the car and attempted to take his own life.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• Many of the callers spoke in hushed whispers, saying they were barricaded in rooms and heard numerous gunshots in the school.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
• The attack forced students to barricade doors and huddle in classroom corners, jump from windows and run out of the building to seek safety.
  — Michael Phillis and Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2022
• The man then barricaded himself inside as Pena sought refuge with the marshals.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• Amid the confusion, many Ukrainian troops simply barricaded themselves in their bases, as the green men lined the perimeter.
  — Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• The woman’s husband tried to barricade himself inside a bedroom with two more children, ages 9 and 4.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
• The alleged gunman barricaded himself inside of the residence, where the SWAT team was called.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2023
• Back home, in Massachusetts, my mom had G and me sleep in her bed, barricading the door with a wooden dresser.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• Asher didn’t know until 10 p.m. that his wife and two children, barricaded in their safe room at home, had survived.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Any teacher or child could deploy to barricade the door that triggers other plates to deploy.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 July 2023
• Safety features, such as doors that are impossible to barricade, cut down the risk of injuries.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2022
• And on Friday, a 70-year-old woman found outside the house where the suspect had barricaded himself in was pronounced dead, police said.
  — Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 26 May 2023
• Turner barricaded himself inside his home for more than a hour, Kennedy said.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2023
• This time, a handful of them had managed to barricade themselves inside, blocking the door with a pile of heavy objects that barely budged when the employee tried to smash it open.
  — Caroline Spivack, Curbed, 10 Aug. 2021

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barricade

2 of 2 noun

• The enemy broke through the barricade.
• Police erected barricades to keep the crowds from approaching the crime scene.
• So was video of Epps from the next day just before the breach of the first barricades.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• Some tears were shed by fans up front by the barricade.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2023
• The two camps spent hours yelling at each other across the barricades.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2023
• Metal barricades are in place to keep people out of the streets.
  — Deepti Hajela and Bobby Caina Calvan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• The police set up more barricades here outside the courthouse as the day has gone by.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2023
• They were crushed against the barricade at the start of Eilish’s set, White said, but enjoyed the show enough to risk a second.
  — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• And just down the street from Raffensperger’s office, the barricades and police wait, along with the rest of the state, for what comes next.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• During that time, fans yelled for the show to be stopped, while others leapt over barricades to get room to breath.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
• The truth is that the vast majority of kids never even saw a barricade or got a whiff of tear gas.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023
• For me and my friends, the university gates were a short-term barricade.
  — A.d. Carson, Spin, 26 Aug. 2023
• But instead of hitting the tire barricade, the mortar struck the school courtyard, killing Lance Cpls.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
• William Bond and his son, Alex, stood against the barricade, faced off against pro-Trump demonstrators.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Randolph jumped over the barricade and grabbed an officer, the agent said.
  — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2024
• My mouth was now a barricade between me and the onslaught of adolescence, a broke-glass fence around my body.
  — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Footage from the moment shows the rock star getting a caress to the face from a fan at the barricade; then Healy leans into her hand to suck her thumb by the time the song is over.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2023
• Travelers were warned not to drive into the area or go around barricades.
  — Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• At the time, the street was filled with hundreds of attendees at the street carnival, and the crash of the Porsche into a barricade prompted people to run.
  — Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022
• The area around the courthouse was crowded but mostly calm in the morning, with barricades around the building and a throng of media members camped out across the street.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023
• With nowhere to go, police rushed in, some jumping barricades.
  — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
• Protesters beat on the barricade, trying to tear it down.
  — Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
• There was a great spot where Candice LeRae gave her baby to the nanny and hopped the barricade to pummel Waller with kendo stick shots.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• Goldsmith came down to the barricade after the set to chat with and sign autographs for fans, most of whom leaned in close to tell him of Sunny Day’s impact on their lives.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 Sep. 2022
• Video showed a large police presence on 6th Avenue at 48th Street, as well as barricades.
  — Tom Winter, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• Gabe Wallace, a sophomore at Shawnee Mission East, heard the gunshots and hopped a barricade, scraping his head on the concrete.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
• Later, a man will mutter that the counter-protesters across the barricades are the embodiment of the antichrist.
  — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• Officers braced the barricade with their bodies as the crowd outside screamed at them through broken panes.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Orange barricades have been set up around part of the Fulton County courthouse.
  — Nikole Killion, CBS News, 31 July 2023
• Many of those gathered Wednesday at the metal barricades along the roads leading to the Arc de Triomphe were surprised to discover the British king was in the city.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024