How to Use blockade in a Sentence

blockade

1 of 2 verb

• They blockaded the country's ports.
• The move was like blockading an entire port to stop one ship from entering.
  — Jacob Silverman, Longreads, 3 July 2018
• How is Trump planning to blockade the Strait?
  — Callum Sutherland, Time, 18 Mar. 2026
• So a sit-in protest blockading the lobby and walkways could shut it down very quickly.
  — C.r., The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019
• Trump said Iran can’t blockade the Strait of Hormuz.
  — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2026
• Israel and Egypt have blockaded Gaza by air, land and sea since the takeover.
  — Fares Akram, The Seattle Times, 12 Dec. 2018
• Experts say blockading Iran’s oil exports is an option that would open the strait faster.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
• No nation can blockade sunlight.
  — Jennifer Granholm, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
• But Iran is blockading the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
• The blockading country's navy must essentially pull over ships, like a traffic cop at sea.
  — Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
• The Strait of Hormuz is blockaded.
  — ABC News, 3 May 2026
• Iran had to shut in its own wells this month after the United States started blockading the strait.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
• Iran had to shut in its own wells this month after the United States started blockading the strait.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
• Britain responded with a war-footing, blockading the Bay of Naples.
  — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2026
• There simply weren’t enough activists to blockade every road in every forest.
  — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
• Wind and solar cannot be embargoed, blockaded, or shut off by a foreign power.
  — David Frykman, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
• Two days earlier, Putin had given an order not to send troops in but instead to blockade the plant.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2022
• The northerners were able to blockade many goods from arriving in the South, and one of them was coffee and tea.
  — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2021
• But Maduro said the shipments were part of a coup attempt against him, and armed forces blockaded the assistance.
  — Christopher Torchia, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
• Booths that blockaded and segregated the restaurant or walled off any flow to the patio also are out.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020
• Putin told troops on Thursday morning to blockade the plant, saying a breach wasn’t necessary.
  — Fox News, 25 Apr. 2022
• Streets nearby were blockaded and public transport in the area was suspended.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 26 June 2023
• Trump is blockading Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf.
  — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
• The campaign to shut down the plant, so far, has included blockading a train bringing coal to the plant, resulting in arrests.
  — Lexi McMenamin, The New Republic, 5 Feb. 2020
• Wasn’t Israel already blockading Gaza?
  — Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
• Gaza is now under control of Hamas and is blockaded by Egypt and Israel.
  — Shira Pinson, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023
• The plan, Bearkats coach Jason Hooten said, was to blockade the paint and dare Carr to hoist from deep.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Dec. 2021
• Any action on either side to blockade this chain would prove detrimental to both naval and commercial traffic in the region.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
• But our ability to strangle off and keep the chokehold on the Venezuelan regime keeps that fleet blockading Venezuela.
  — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
• The images emerged just hours after Putin ordered his troops to blockade rather than storm the last Ukrainian stronghold in the city.
  — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2022

blockade

2 of 2 noun

• How the blockade ends is less clear.
  — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
• First of all, there’s the blockade.
  — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
• None of this would amount to a blockade or an act of war.
  — Eyck Freymann, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
• In Yemen, there was a food blockade.
  — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
• Iran’s blockade has brought all of these exports to a near-halt.
  — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
• Months of war and a blockade have battered Iran.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
• How many ships from Iran have transit our blockade?
  — CBS News, 14 June 2026
• The blockades of the past are merely a prelude to those to come.
  — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• The fuel blockade is just the latest part of that.
  — NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
• Their blockade lasted eight years.
  — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• Here are three lessons learned from the history of naval blockades.
  — Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
• The president can put the blockade back in.
  — CBS News, 21 June 2026
• Keir Starmer said the UK would not join the blockade.
  — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
• Paris police used tear gas to disperse a pre-dawn blockade of a bus depot.
  — Dan Gooding jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
• More news to know now Trump signals Iran blockade could last months.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 1 May 2026
• Well, the United States has a blockade.
  — NBC news, 10 May 2026
• Trump had said Friday that the blockade would remain in place.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• And notably, Iran didn't need a naval blockade to bring traffic to a halt.
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
• Gangs set up fiery blockades on the streets and engaged in shootouts with the military.
  — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
• The blockade has sent up prices of oil, gas and fertilizer.
  — Npr Staff, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
• Iran would open the strait, and the United States would lift its blockade.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 2 May 2026
• The President can put the blockade back in.
  — CBS News, 21 June 2026
• There is a naval blockade in place – PRES.
  — NBC news, 7 June 2026
• Energy blockades are acts of war.
  — Marc Champion, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
• But oil prices fell overnight amid signs that peace talks could continue despite the blockade.
  — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
• Re-blockade will now happen at bandit camps and ruins.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• How quickly will the US blockade on Iran end?
  — CBS News, 14 June 2026
• In total, 19 ships have been turned around during the blockade.
  — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
• The fact is that what the president is seeing is that the blockade is working.
  — CBS News, 4 May 2026
• Now, as back then, Cuba faces a US blockade.
  — Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026